https://www.transitiondundee.com/gleaning
"We work with local growers to harvest produce that is either surplus,
outgraded, rejected or unsellable. We then distribute this food to various
local community food projects. Through this we are able to both reduce food
waste and to help provide nutritionally valuable foods to those who need it.
There are many reasons that food may end up wasted on farms and the drivers for
these are often found further down the food system.
Changes in demand from purchasers can make it hard to find an alternative
market for already-grown food, this can happen at short-notice. Planning for
poor weather, pests and disease means growers will often have to plant more
than they actually need, which can lead to a surplus. Cosmetic requirements
(too big, too small, too wonky) can mean an amount of unsaleable food, again
this is something which is hard to predict or plan for. Gleaning is a direct
social action that helps mitigate the effects of these problems."
Via Susan ****
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
