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# SOS NI - Rescuing fresh food and redistributing to those in need
- URL: https://content.changingthenarrative.media/podcast-sos-ni-rescuing-fresh-food-redistributing-need/
- Published: 2017-01-18T12:40:32.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-29T19:54:49.000Z
- Description: I’m speaking to Pete Loughins from SOS Northern Ireland’s Food Programme, which gathers food and other goods from supermarkets that would otherwise go to waste, and redistributes them to other non-profit organisations which are providing frontline support to vulnerable members of the community.
- Author: Chris King
- Tags: #Food Is Wasted, #Podcasts, Solutions, Community

What distinguishes SOS NI from other redistribution initiatives is their focus on capturing fresh produce – collecting bread and other baked goods, fruit and vegetables, rather than canned and non-perishable produce which most others capture. They gather the food 6 nights a week, distributing it the following morning to ensure it is still fresh.

This is the first in a two-part series – the second episode will be released in 2 weeks time, and shares the stories of the volunteers as they deliver the food, and representatives of the recipient organisations.