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title: Boston Globe feature on Massachusetts food rescue
description: Closer to home, a pair of MBA students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed an app, Spoiler Alert, that connects stores that have surplus produce with food-rescue groups.
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# Spoiler Alert Blog | Food Waste

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# Boston Globe feature on Massachusetts food rescue

[Emily Malina](https://blog.spoileralert.com/author/emily-malina)

Jun 11, 2015

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Last week, the EPA's WasteWise Program hosted its Spring 2015 Forum on Food Donation. In attendance were representatives from [RecyclingWorks](http://www.recyclingworksma.com/wastewise/#forums) and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection ([MassDEP](http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/massdep/)) to highlight private and public sector achievements in food recovery.

We heard Karen Franczyk, Green Mission Coordinator at [Whole Foods](http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/mission-values/caring-communities/community-giving), speak on the [grocer's efforts to ramp up prepared food donations](http://www.recyclingworksma.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/KAREN-_-WFM.pdf). Lauren Palumbo, Chief Operating Officer at [Lovin' Spoonfuls](http://www.lovinspoonfulsinc.org/), spoke on the [role that food rescue organizations play](http://www.recyclingworksma.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/LAUREN-LS.pdf) in connecting food businesses' surplus product with nearby food agencies.

The Boston Globe captured some of the WasteWise Forum dialogue - as well as broader commentary on food recovery and waste management efforts in Massachusetts - in a recent article titled "[Rescued food feeds the hungry](http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2015/06/07/companies-donating-food-part-recycling-efforts/PdyJMCs54vySqbwQxPUVGJ/story.html)" (published June 8, 2015).

A special thanks to the Globe for the Spoiler Alert spotlight towards the end of the article!

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