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For Federal Donuts, chicken bones equal philanthropy

At the end of each week, Federal Donuts - which has a menu exclusively featuring doughnuts, fried chicken, and coffee - disposes of the useless backs and bones of chickens. It amounts to about 1,000 pounds of waste a week.

Federal Donuts co-owners Steve Cook, left, and Mike Solomonov behind the counter at their Sansom Street store. The restaurant partnered with Broad Street Ministry and ran a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to open Rooster Soup Co. Proceeds from the soup company will go to Broad Street Ministry, which works with the city's homeless and hungry.
Federal Donuts co-owners Steve Cook, left, and Mike Solomonov behind the counter at their Sansom Street store. The restaurant partnered with Broad Street Ministry and ran a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to open Rooster Soup Co. Proceeds from the soup company will go to Broad Street Ministry, which works with the city's homeless and hungry.Read moreED HILLE / Staff Photographer
    by Casey Fabris, Inquirer Staff Writer
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