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By Josh Hall | @Vancan19

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Echo Lacombe surpasses 1,000,000 pounds of food rescued

Mar 2, 2026 | 12:06 PM

Echo Food Rescue in Lacombe is celebrating having surpassed 1,000,000 pounds of food rescued.

All that food, they say, would’ve otherwise ended up in the landfill.

“This was accomplished with just a handful of stores and farms in our area and a group of dedicated volunteers,” shares Christina Sturgeon, food rescue manager.

“We have a driver who goes out into the community and picks up the food. We have sorters who go through everything and sorts it into what is good to distribute and what should be animal feed. Then we have people who come in for distribution.”

Sturgeon says anyone is welcome to rescue food, and they don’t ask questions.

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“The whole point is to keep it out of the landfill and get it on the plate of someone who will use it,” she adds.

The food rescue is open Thursday from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., as well as Saturday and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. 

More information is at https://echofoodrescue.com/.