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April 2023: Spectrum News

SPECTRUM NEWS talks to Flori Pate, Food Connection co-founder, about April being proclaimed "Food Waste Reduction Month" by the City of Asheville.

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January 2023 WLOS

WLOS NEWS 13 features Food Connection in action. Hear what our food recipients partners have to say  and from Executive Director Marisha MacMorran about Mobile Meals!

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January 22, 2023: Mobile Meals

WLOS features Food Connection in action. Hear what our food recipients have to say.

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February 24, 2023: WNCW Friday Feature

Friday Feature with Paul Foster interview (11 minutes)

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February 22, 2023: FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Matt Peiken interviews Food Connection Marisha and Flori (23 minutes)

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February 27, 2023: Asheville FM

Solutions for the Under Affiliated: DJ EG and Habanero interview founder Flori Pate (1 hour) 

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August 30, 2022: Mobile Meals

WLOS features Mobile Meal Distribution to Verner

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In the news:

Mobile meals!

WNC Superheroes

Chef Dance Off

Kay West from MountainXpress features Food Connection Mobile Meals hitting the road

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Chef Dance Off

WNC Superheroes

Chef Dance Off

Thank you to Mackensy at the Citizen Times for highlighting our Chef Dance Off! Our food donor partners danced for us to highlight this Stop Food Waste month fundraiser.

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WNC Superheroes

WNC Superheroes

WNC Superheroes

Curious about how Food Connection began? WNC Superheroes does a great job telling our story!

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In The News

Food Connection in Southern Living

video & article

Food Connection deep dive with Jonathan Ammons

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Asheville Citizen-Times - Mackensy Lunsford's update on Food Connection's Chef Meal Donation program with Chef Clarence Robinson of Cooking with Comedy Catering

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Asheville Citizen-Times - Mackensy Lunsford's update on Food Connection + YMCA of WNC + Wicked Weed Brewing collaboration to feed those in need

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Mountain Xpress -June 2020

Restaurants for the People initiative supports local businesses, feeds people in need. Read about the Katie Button, World Central Kitchen partnership with MANNA FoodBank and Food Connection by Kay West.

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ABC WLOS News13 - 5000 meals a week from Wicked Weed Brewing to ease hunger in WNC during COVID-19

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Food Connection Founder/Executive Director wins Stu Helm Food Fan's 2020 "Food Person of the Year" Award (caution: explicit language)

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March 2021 - Spencer Jones talks to Food Connection and Food Connection's Chef Partner Clarence Robinson about their pandemic pivot.

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ABC WLOS News13 - 5000 meals a week from Wicked Weed Brewing to ease hunger in WNC during COVID-19

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Mountain Xpress -June 2020

Restaurants for the People initiative supports local businesses, feeds people in need. Read about the Katie Button, World Central Kitchen partnership with MANNA FoodBank and Food Connection by Kay West.

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WLOS ABC News 13

WLOS ABC News 13

WLOS ABC News 13

During COVID-19 Wicked Weed Brewing's Cultura was able to prepare 900 meals for Food Connection in one single week, thanks to a generous donation of raw goods from U.S. Foods. 

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WLOS ABC News 13

WLOS ABC News 13

WLOS ABC News 13

BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. (WLOS) — Two Buncombe County women have helped feed thousands of people in recent months by following the lead of an Asheville nonprofit they heard about on WLOS.  

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In the News

2023 Spectrum News

The City of Asheville has proclaimed April "Food Waste Reduction Month". Samantha Narson from Spectrum News speaks with Food Connection Co-Founder, Flori Pate about their team's amazing efforts to keep delicious Chef-prepared meals out of the Buncombe County Landfill.

2023 WLOS News 13

Food is Love. Samiar Nefsi from WLOS speaks with our neighbors in need who get fresh, free, delicious weekly meals from Food Connection. Marisha MacMorran, Executive Director explains the need for meals inn Buncombe County, NC and how her team is showing up to answer the call. 

WLOS 2018 Person of the Year

WLOS 2018 Person of the Year

WLOS 2018 Person of the Year

"The winner, as selected by News 13 staff, is Flori Pate, of Asheville. She's the founder of Food Connection, a nonprofit that links restaurants with too much food to folks who don't have enough."

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WNC Magazine 2019

WLOS 2018 Person of the Year

WLOS 2018 Person of the Year

"Partnering with UNC Asheville, Deerfield, Packs Tavern, and The Crest Center, Food Connection connects the dots between those who have too much food and those who don’t have enough."

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Chartwells Higher Ed Monthly

WLOS 2018 Person of the Year

Chartwells Higher Ed Monthly

"Giving, Community, & Kindness. UNCA leads the way in sustainability. At the heart of UNCA's efforts is their work with Asheville's Food Connection."

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Black Mountain News

Black Mountain News

Black Mountain News

"Around the country hunger continues to be a growing problem while food waste is at an all-time high. On any given night in the Swannanoa Valley, a family can go to sleep without dinner as catering staff working any number of nearby events are disposing of untouched portions of nutritious, freshly prepared meals."

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USA Today

Black Mountain News

Black Mountain News

USA Today, hunger relief, food waste, Bill Emerson, Asheville, Food Connection

"He's not alone in his belief. Katie Button, co-owner of Nightbell and Curate in Asheville, also lives under the impression that what little food is left over from her busy restaurants must be either given to employees or thrown away.

'I'm not in the situation where I'm trying to figure out how how to get rid of surplus food often, but it is my understanding that I cannot donate leftover food, whether that's correct or incorrect,' she said."

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WNC Woman

Black Mountain News

Food Connection, Flori Pate, hunger relief, food waste, Dig Local, nonprofit, food rescue, WNC Woman

"I think we can all agree that no fresh food should ever end up in the trash while people are going hungry.

I hadn’t been at my current job for more than one week as the Marketing Manager for UNC Asheville’s dining program before I heard about Food Connection and Flori Pate, the co-founder and creative director of Dig Local and co-founder and executive director of Food Connection."

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WLOS with Sierra Nevada Brewery

WLOS, Sierra Nevada, food rescue, food waste, Oktoberfest, Food Connection

Asheville, N.C. (WLOS) — "One local organization is taking local leftovers and making those “leftovers” available to those in need in our community!

Working under the Good Samaritan Food Donation Act, Asheville’s Food Connection is actively taking donations from restaurants and caterers and delivering those meals to agencies that provide meals for those in our community who need food."

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WLOS at Deerfield

WLOS at Deerfield

WLOS News 13 Person of the Week, Food Connection, hunger relief, food waste, Flori Pate

Person of the Week connects those with too much food to those with too little food. ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — "In a food city like Asheville, it seems unthinkable that so many go hungry. News 13's Person of the Week Flori Pate connects people with too much food and those who don't have enough. Her non-profit is now a staple in the city."

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Mountain Xpress

WLOS at Deerfield

Mountain Xpress, food waste, hunger relief, Food Connection, Celine & Company, Asheville, NC

"Feeding the homeless typically involves things like pasta, canned vegetables and the occasional dessert. But in Western North Carolina, shelters and other nonprofits are dishing up grilled salmon, coconut curry chicken, beef brisket, lamb sliders, fresh vegetables and whole grains.

The surplus food comes from weddings, banquets and other special events hosted at venues."

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We are making a dent, but we've got miles to go.

Please help us continue to conquer the problem of fresh food polluting our landfills while people go hungry.

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August 10, 2022: Mobile Meals

Kay West writes about Mobile Meals in MountainXpress

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February 22, 2023: FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Matt Peiken interviews Food Connection Marisha and Flori (23 minutes)

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February 27, 2023: Asheville FM

Solutions for the Under Affiliated: DJ EG and Habanero interview founder Flori Pate (1 hour) 

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February 24, 2023: WNCW Friday Feature

Friday Feature with Paul Foster interview (11 minutes)

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