By Janice Wong | Project Officer
This early summer,a“sea of red” was suddenly spotted at avegetable wholesale market.It turned out thata large number of pumpkinswerepiled upthere due to poorsales.The market has set an ultimatum that if thepumpkins could not be disposed of in time, they will be sent to the landsfill.Due to the hot summer weather and occasional strong winds and heavy rains,the stall owner contacted Food Angelimmediatelytodonate all the pumpkinsbefore they turned rotten and were discarded. Upon receiving the call, our food rescue staffrushed to the sceneto checkthe condition of the pumpkins, andeventually“rescued” and successfully recycleda total of 16 pallets ofpumpkinstotalling 7,000kg.
These pumpkins were first sent to our Food Stationto besorted, peeled andslicedby our kitchen staff and volunteers, and then transferredtoour kitchens to be made into savoury pumpkin soupandasan accompaniment toour hot and cook-chillmeals.Pumpkin contains many different vitamins and anti-oxidants, and helps boost immunity and protects theeyes.Due to the large number of recycled pumpkins, they were not fully utilised by our kitchens. We also shared the pumpkins with our Charity Partners.The urgent taskof food rescue was finally completed in time.
Everyone joined handsand savedthis sea ofpumpkins!
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