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Emva kweNew England Food Show eBoston ngoLwesibini, ngaphezu kwamavolontiya kunye nabasebenzi be-nonprofit Food for Free balayishe iilori zabo ngaphezu kweebhokisi ze-50 zokutya ezingasetyenziswanga.
Eli wonga linikezelwa kwindawo yokugcina impahla yombutho eSomerville, apho ithi ihlulwe kwaye isasazwe kwiindawo zokutya. Ekugqibeleni, ezi mveliso ziphela kwiitafile zokutyela kwindawo enkulu yaseBoston.
“Kungenjalo, oku [kutya] kuya kuphelela kwindawo yokulahla inkunkuma,” utshilo uBen Engle, i-COO yeFood for Free. “Eli lithuba elihle lokufikelela ekutyeni okusemgangathweni ongakuboni rhoqo…kwakunye nabo bangenakho ukutya.”
INew England Food Show, ebibanjelwe eBoston Fairgrounds, sesona siganeko sikhulu sorhwebo kwishishini lenkonzo yokutya.
Ngelixa abathengisi bepakisha imiboniso yabo, uKutya kwabasebenzi baMahala bajonge iintsalela ezinokuthi "zigcinwe" ukuba zilahlwe.
Bapakisha iitafile ezimbini zemveliso entsha, inyama yedeli kunye ne-assortment yokutya okukumgangatho ophezulu, emva koko balayisha iinqwelo ezininzi ezigcwele izonka.
"Akuqhelekanga ukuba abathengisi kule miboniso beze neesampuli kwaye bangabi nesicwangciso sokuba benze ntoni ngeesampuli eziseleyo," uAngle uxelele iNew England Seafood Expo. Ngoko ke siza kuyithatha siyinike abantu abalambileyo.
Esikhundleni sokuhambisa ukutya ngokuthe ngqo kwiintsapho nakubantu, iFood for Free isebenza kunye nemibutho encinci yokuncedisa ukutya enonxibelelwano olungakumbi kwiindawo zasekuhlaleni, uAngle uthe.
"Amashumi alithoba anesithoba eepesenti zokutya esizithumelayo kuya kwii-arhente ezincinci kunye nemibutho engenazo iziseko zothutho okanye izinto eziphathekayo ezifumaneka kwiFood for Free," kusho u-Engle. "Ngoko ke sithenga ukutya kwimithombo eyahlukeneyo kwaye sikuthumele kumashishini amancinci asasaza ngqo eluntwini."
Ivolontiya lokutya lasimahla uMegan Witter uthe imibutho emincinci ihlala isokola ukufumana amavolontiya okanye iinkampani zokunceda ukuhambisa ukutya okunikelwe kwiibhanki zokutya.
“Indawo yokutya yeCawa yokuQala yasinceda ukuba sifumane ukutya okongezelelekileyo … kwindawo yethu,” watsho uWitter, owayesakuba ngumsebenzi wokutya ecaweni. “Ke, ukuba nesithuthi sabo kwaye abasihlawulisi ngesithuthi kuhle kakhulu.”
Imizamo yokuhlangula ukutya ibonise ukutya okungasetyenziswanga kunye nokungakhuselekanga kokutya, ukutsala ingqalelo yamalungu eBhunga leSixeko saseBoston uGabriela Colet noRicardo Arroyo. Kwinyanga ephelileyo, esi sibini sazisa umgaqo ofuna ukuba abathengisi bokutya banikele ngokutya okushiyekileyo kubantu abangenzi nzuzo kunokuba bakulahle.
U-Arroyo uthe esi siphakamiso, esicwangciselwe ukuviwa nge-28 ka-Epreli, sijolise ekudaleni amajelo osasazo phakathi kweevenkile zokutya, iivenkile zokutyela kunye nabanye abathengisi abaneepantries kunye nekhitshi lesuphu.
Ngenxa yokuba zingaphi iinkqubo zoncedo lwe-federal, ezifana neNkqubo yoNcedo lokuTya oLongezelelweyo, sele iphelile, u-Engel uthe iinzame zokuhlangula ukutya ziyafuneka ngokubanzi.
Ngaphambi kokuba iSebe loNcedo loNcedo laseMassachusetts libhengeze ukuba urhulumente uza kubonelela ngezibonelelo ezongezelelweyo zeSNAP kubantu kunye neentsapho, u-Engel uthe yena kunye neminye imibutho baqaphele ukwanda okukhulu kwenani labantu abalinde kwiindawo zokutya.
"Wonke umntu uyazi ukuba ukuphelisa inkqubo ye-SNAP kuya kuthetha ukutya okungakhuselekanga," utshilo u-Engel. "Ngokuqinisekileyo siza kubona imfuno engaphezulu."