that can go to families who are in need.

能夠給窮困家庭的營養產品。

Borderlands Food Bank rescues between 30 to 40 million pounds of produce annually,

Borderlands 食物銀行每年搶救 3百萬 至 4百萬磅的農產品，

and we've been doing it for 21 years.

而我們已經做了 21 年了。

My name is Yolanda Soto, and I am the CEO / President of Borderlands Food Bank.

我的名字是約蘭達．索托，我是 Borderlands 食物銀行的執行長 ∕ 董事長。

We are an organization that rescues fresh produce.

我們是一個搶救新鮮農產品的組織。

We get it to families all over the state of Arizona and 19 other states within the nation.

我們把這些帶給全亞利桑那州及國內其他 19 州的家庭。

We saw there was a tremendous amount of fresh produce

我們看到有大量從墨西哥來的新鮮農產品

coming across at our port of entry here from Mexico,

出現在我們的進口港，

and a lot of it could not be sold.

且很多無法被販售。

It could be because it had some scarring,

可能是因為有些傷痕，

it could be because it had some rain stain,

可能是因為有些雨漬，

and so they were actually dumping it in the landfill.

所以他們就真的要把它丟到垃圾填埋場。

We saw that the product was extremely good for human consumption,

我們發現這些產品其實很適合給人食用，

so we began educating the produce industry.

所以我們開始教育農產品行業。

We've gone to each individual distributor.

我們去找了每個個別的批發商。

We've offered them our services and said:

我們向他們提議我們的服務並且說：

"Do not dump. Allow us to rescue it and get it to families so that they can eat nutritiously."

「不要丟棄。讓我們搶救它然後送到家庭手中讓他們可以吃得營養。」

The driver comes back to the warehouse, he's got a trader load of product, and he begins to get unloaded.

司機回到倉庫，他有一車可以販售的產品，然後他開始卸貨。

We take up the produce to the sites and we set it up like a farmer's market,

我們把農產品帶到地點然後架得像一個農民市集，

all done by volunteers from the host site.

全部都由當地的志工所完成。

For a $10 contribution, the supporter can select 60 pounds of produce.

只要 10 元的捐款，援助者就可以選 60 磅的農產品。

Pretty good, 17 cents a pound.

蠻好的，一磅 17 分美金。

It's important to us to get it to as many families as possible before it perishes,

對我們來說，可以在農產品腐爛前盡可能送至越多的家庭是非常重要的。

because I think that people have the right to eat nutritiously, it's the most basic of needs.

因為我覺得人們有吃得營養的權利，這是最基本的需求。

Thank you, have a great day!

謝謝你，祝你有美好的一天！

We have the responsibility to stop waste,

我們有停止浪費的責任，

and we have the responsibility to help the people in our own backyard.

我們也有幫助與我們住在同樣區域的人民的責任。