What is Foodshare?
Foodshare is a not-for-profit, 100% volunteer-powered project which connects growers with local charities. Our aim is to encourage every grower to grow a little bit extra, and share their surpluses with a local charities that feed people. It's a brand new way to give to charity!
The original pilot scheme in Milton, Cambridgeshire, UK was a huge success with over £1,000 of fresh produce donated to the local Children's Hospice in just three months.
In 2010, Foodshare launched across the UK with the first 70 charities signing up within three days to find Food Philanthropists - growers sharing surpluses or setting up a dedicated Foodshare Bed.
Foodshare recently featured on BBC Radio 4's Gardeners' Question Time and BBC1 Breakfast. The project has been endorsed by and promoted to 10,000+ members of the RHS Gardening for Schools Campaign and the 100,000+ members of the National Society of Allotment and Leisure Gardeners.
The main aims of Foodshare are:
- Reduce the spiraling food bills of charities.
- Produce locally-grown, seasonal and fresh produce to those that will benefit the most.
- Reduce food waste by distributing surplus food to charities instead of landfill or compost heaps.
- Reduce the food miles of charities.
- Within schools, teach children about sharing through the Foodshare "Grow to Give" project.
To find out more out Foodshare in your area or to sign up, enter your post/zip code in the search box to the right.
