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food rescue

practice of gleaning edible food that would otherwise go to waste, and distributing it to local emergency food programs
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food rescue

Summary

food rescue ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (60 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • food rescue is a type of process[2].
  • food rescue's Commons category is recorded as Food rescue[3].
  • food rescue's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Food rescue[4].
  • food rescue's product or material produced is recorded as food[5].
  • food rescue's different from is recorded as food sharing[6].
  • food rescue's different from is recorded as food saving[7].
  • food rescue's different from is recorded as dumpster diving[8].
  • food rescue's in opposition to is recorded as food waste[9].
  • food rescue's raw material processed is recorded as food waste[10].
  • food rescue's raw material processed is recorded as surplus food[11].

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Definition and Type

food rescue is a type of process[2].

Why It Matters

food rescue ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (60 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). food rescue. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/food-rescue
MLA “food rescue.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/food-rescue.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_food-rescue_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{food rescue}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/food-rescue}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 10d ago · Sadads · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Raw material processed → food waste, surplus food
    Different from → food sharing, food saving, dumpster diving
    Subclass of → process
    In opposition to → food waste
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P10672]]: [[Q27214547]]"
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