Lynne – Volunteer charitable food organisation, Mid Cornwall Jan 2025 ‘Now that 2024 is well and truly behind us, let me tell you the reality of Christmas here in Cornwall. The struggling families on benefits who were told at the beginning of December, that they must apply for the new universal credit. Only to find …
Holly Whitelaw – Founder of Gleaning Cornwall Through our work we have learnt a great deal about the stresses facing the hard-working people that feed us and how difficult it is to make fruit and veg pay, unless at scale! Indeed, many farmers face extreme financial hardship, some having to turn to food banks themselves! …
Holly Whitelaw – founder of Gleaning Cornwall One of the problems Gleaning Cornwall is helping to address, is food waste. Though the majority of food waste comes from our homes, a large proportion comes from primary production level, (on farms), with retail, hospitality and manufacturing making up the other 22% percent. WWF figures include food …
I am so glad that have been able to be a Gleaning volunteer. I really wanted to do something that would mave a difference but also something that would give me a chance to meet up with others who were concerned about food waste and also the dreadful explosion in the need for food banks. …
Thanks to farmers across Cornwall, teams of volunteers have been out in all weathers, cutting and filling crates with surplus veg throughout the winter. But where does that veg go and what impact does it have? The image of soup kitchens for the homeless is much outdated. For many low income families, this is the …
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