In a joint assertion, Charlotte Hill, CEO of The Felix Venture, and Kris Gibbon-Walsh, CEO of FareShare, stated: “Following years of campaigning by FareShare and The Felix Venture, we’re delighted that this fund will turn out to be a actuality.
We’re happy that the federal government has recognised that an excessive amount of meals goes to waste on our farms and that it needs to be redistributed to feed individuals who want it.
It’s important that the scheme is delivered in a way that maximises the redistribution of surplus meals to those that want it, whereas addressing the systemic challenges that create waste.
Collaboration throughout the meals trade, charitable redistribution sector, authorities, and farmers will likely be key to attaining this.
It’s key that we act shortly collectively to launch this scheme in time to maximise the affect of this initiative through the British rising season.
FareShare and its community has a confirmed observe file in enabling farmers to redistribute surplus meals successfully and at scale, demonstrating how this strategy can ship each social and environmental advantages.
By redistributing surplus meals, we will scale back the environmental affect of meals waste, enhance meals safety, make sure that folks and communities have entry to wholesome, nutritious meals, and save the Treasury cash by way of evidenced social return on funding.
We’re happy to help the federal government’s Round Financial system Technique, and are glad that the federal government has acknowledged the position of surplus redistribution organisations, and the broader charity sector in its growth and implementation.
We’re assured that this scheme will likely be a step in direction of attaining a zero-waste economic system, contributing in direction of environmental objectives that we’ve got signed as much as at current COPs and beneath the Sustainable Growth Objectives, and that it’s going to strengthen the sense of group and shared duty that the Prime Minister has spoken about.”
