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B-Shares: A Bicycle Delivery Service That Helps Feed the Hungry

October 29, 2010, Good - hard at work

Oregon has been ranked among the hungriest states by the USDA for years. It's not that the state doesn't grow enough food, though. The problem is transportation. Food kitchens and nonprofits often don't have the resources to collect surplus bread and vegetables from local grocers, restaurants, and farmers' markets.