Sarah Bruinsma and Brianne Fredell, both born and raised in High River, Alberta are passionate about reducing waste as a tool in the reduction of food insecurity. Sarah has a background in Social Work, Brianne in business and together they have combined their skills and expertise to develop the Wild Rose Community Connections’ Food Security Initiative. When they started this program, they were as green as the kale and broccoli they now rescue, but saw a gap in their community that needed to be filled.
Due to their long history of community work, building partnerships came naturally. They have created and managed a number of food related programming such as the High River and Claresholm food Rescues, Lunch in a Crunch, Snack Shack Program, Harvest High River and many others. They have recently built on their capacity to provide rescued food to rural communities with the purchase of a commercial van. To date, Sarah and Brianne have rescued 222,159 pounds of food otherwise destined for the landfill.
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