Met Mo today who explained what Fairshare was about, and how to sign up to 'recycle' the wasted food not used by supermarkets.
Watch this space - we hope to cook with it, use it for cookery sessions and let you pay as you feel for any surplus. Info below taken from their Facebook page/website.
Watch this space - we hope to cook with it, use it for cookery sessions and let you pay as you feel for any surplus. Info below taken from their Facebook page/website.
FareShare tackles the twin issues of food waste and food poverty
- 5.8 million people in the UK live in ‘deep poverty’, making it hard for them to afford every day essentials, including food.
- At the same time, 3.9 million tonnes of food is wasted every year by the food and drink industry. We estimate 10% of this is surplus and fit for consumption, enough food for 800 million meals. We currently handle approximately 1.5% of the surplus food available in the UK.
- FareShare ensures that good food is put to good use rather than wasted.
- Over 1,700 charities benefit from FareShare food. These include breakfast clubs, women’s refuges and luncheon clubs for older people. These charities save on average £13,000 a year, which can be reinvested into other services.
- Over 82,100 people benefit from FareShare food every day.
- In the last year, the food redistributed by FareShare contributed towards more than 13.2 million meals and helped businesses reduce CO2 emissions by 25,200 tonnes.
- We also provide training and education around the essential life skills of food preparation and nutrition, and warehouse employability training. Read more about Skills Training programme.