N.B. news: Greener Village seeks to save nearly-expired food [Video]

It’s something he dreamt up five years ago.

Now Alex Boyd is months, and a few million dollars, away from seeing his idea become reality.

The Greener Village food bank chief executive officer is looking to build a perishable food rescue centre, saving food nearing expiration into frozen food that can be sent to more than 64 food organizations across New Brunswick.

“A tractor trailer with carrots perhaps would be a huge asset to the food bank. But if the food bank doesn’t have the ability to move that product before it rots, that asset actually flips into a liability that now needs to be to be handled through waste, needs to be dumped,” he explained.

A collection of food donations is pictured. (Source: Laura Brown/CTV News Atlantic)And he doesn’t want to waste any of it. So, if they haven’t been able to move the food quick enough into the hands of clients, the centre will save it from spoiling.

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