Young people to be trained to glean and cook surplus food
Food waste specialists Feedback and FoodCycle are teaming up to train over 4,000 young people to reclaim surplus food through gleaning and to cook this food for vulnerable people.
The initiative, called From Farm to Fork and funded by the Big Lottery Fund’s ‘Our Bright Future’ programme, will support 18-24 year olds to get involved and make a difference in their local area.
Through Feedback’s Gleaning Network, young people will collect some of the thousands of tonnes of fresh fruit and vegetables that are wasted on farms every year across the UK because they do not meet strict aesthetic standards.
This fresh food will then be redirected to FoodCycle where it is cooked into three-course nutritious tasty meals for people at risk of food poverty and loneliness. Volunteers and guests sit down together to share a meal – and for many guests, this is the one chance they have each week to eat with and have a conversation with others.
How to get involved
Are you aged 18-24 and looking to make a difference? Through From Farm to Fork, you will develop important skills, reconnect with farmers and the countryside, create positive social and environmental change and play an important role in supporting your local community. Stay tuned as well be posting more about this exciting new project on our website and Facebook page in the upcoming weeks.
Published Tuesday 15 March 2016
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