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Food pantries that give away stuff people can't or won't cook have an 'acorn squash problem'

  • Written by Diana Cuy Castellanos, Assistant Professor of Dietetics and Nutrition, University of Dayton
imageNot everyone's up for converting this vegetable into a side or main dish.duckycards/E+ via Getty Images

A major problem with how food donation currently works in the United States is that a lot of the calories in those boxes and bags come from items that aren’t particularly healthy, such as packaged snacks.

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