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FareShare is a charity aimed at relieving food poverty and reducing food waste in the UK. It does this by rescuing good quality surplus food that would otherwise have gone to waste and sending it to over 2000 charity and community groups across the United Kingdom.
FareShare only redistributes food inside its best before and use by date; in 2015/16 they rescued 9,070 tonnes of food which would have otherwise gone to waste or landfill. FareShare works with all sectors of the supply chain; producers, manufacturers and retailers. All of the major UK food retailers have encouraged their suppliers to work with FareShare to minimise food waste. FareShare has also run two successful food drives with both Sainsbury's and Tesco.
FareShare contributed towards more than 18.3 million meals in 2015/16, which equates to feeding 211,565 people a week. This food is delivered to a broad range of grass root organisations all across the UK including homeless shelters, day centres, women’s refuge centres and children's breakfast clubs.
FareShare (Australia) is an Australian not-for-profit organisation that strives for a society where food is not wasted and no one goes hungry. FareShare rescues surplus quality food that would otherwise be wasted, and cooks more than one million meals a year in Australia’s largest charity kitchen. Its free, nutritious meals are distributed to more than 400 charities including soup kitchens, homeless shelters and community foodbanks.
FareShare collects perfectly-edible food that would otherwise be wasted from supermarkets, growers, manufacturers, wholesale markets, caterers, major retailers and hospitality schools. The food is cooked by hundreds of volunteers under the direction of experienced chefs. FareShare also redistributes a large quantity of uncooked food directly to charities and schools in disadvantaged areas.
In 2015, FareShare commenced a kitchen garden program to supplement rescued vegetables to cook with.
For every $10 donated to FareShare, it can cook 15 meals for the homeless, hungry and those who have fallen on hard times.