Northshore magazine showcases the best that the North Shore of Boston, MA has to offer.
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76 NOVEMBER 2018 / I N - D E P T H / of Agriculture. RLC of Massachusetts is doing its best to take a chunk out of that statistic. In 2017, RLC rescued 40,000 pounds of food in Massachusetts, accounting for more than 30,000 meals, Siles says. Receiving rescued food also helps recipients stretch their budgets, allowing them to serve excellent food to their guests and allocate more resources into other services. at's the case for Rosie's Place in Boston, which serves more than 100,000 hot meals per year. "We try to provide the best food for our guests that we can, both in our dining room, where we prepare three meals per day, and also in our food pantry," says Michele Chausse, director of communications at Rosie's Place. "We think our guests deserve to have healthy, good-quality food. To have prepared food that's really good quality is really a nice treat for our guests." The nonprofit organization enlists volunteers to recover excess fresh and prepared food from local businesses.