By Karen Ross, Cornwall Gleaning coordinator We are delighted to have received an award in the Circular Economy category at the prestigious ceremony held at the Royal Cornwall Museum The helping hands of our gleaning and distribution volunteers are the lifeblood of the Gleaning Network. Together we have saved 230 tonnes of veg because we …
Holly Whitelaw – Founder of Gleaning Cornwall One of the problems Gleaning Cornwall is helping to address, is food waste. Farmers, through no fault of their own, often can’t harvest all their crops or it is the wrong size, shape or colour for them to be able to sell. Once they understand what we do …
According to The Big Issue, the UK’s rate of food poverty is among the worst in Europe. Despite being the sixth richest country in the world, millions are struggling to access the food they need. The cost of living crisis is exposing the severity of food poverty in the UK. Millions are being pushed below …
The number of organisations feeding people in need and the rise in working people who are now homeless, living in shelters, vehicles, sofa surfing and even on the street, is escalating at pace and a direct result of the housing crisis and exasperated by the cost of living crisis.
Pip – Volunteer with Gleaning Cornwall In our village church we have a “Give and take shelf” where, since Covid times, people have left donated food items for others in need to take anonymously. Since I began volunteering with the gleaning team I have been leaving a crate of freshly gleaned produce there, and posting …
David – Volunteer with Gleaning Cornwall I first heard of the Gleaners through my late wife. She was a committed environmentalist. Sadly she was not well enough to join herself. On her passing I took up the mantle, got rid of the car and try to live with as low an impact as possible. I’m …
Hilda – Volunteer with Gleaning Cornwall I have always foraged and gleaned but walking about the countryside I was both puzzled and horrified by the amount of agricultural wastage: occasionally, whole fields left unharvested because a supermarket had reneged on its contract with a farmer; routinely, vast quantities of perfectly good produce left to rot …
Sally – Volunteer with Gleaning Cornwall I heard about gleaning through a friend and thought I’d give it a go. My first glean was organic cauliflowers. I was absolutely astounded at the amount of beautiful caulis we picked that would otherwise have gone to waste. From that first glean I was hooked. It never ceases …
Jenni J – volunteer with Gleaning Cornwall I heard about Cornwall Gleaning from a neighbour. Love that I am doing something that is combating food waste and helping to feed people. Fresh, healthy food that otherwise would have been ploughed back into the land. I love the people I glean with. They are an amazing, …
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By Teresa, Gleaning Logistics Poverty in Cornwall is escalating at a rapid rate. The divide between rich and poor is one of the highest in the country. Hidden among the glamour of this sought after holiday destination is the stark reality of disproportionally high costs of living, coupled with lack of affordable housing and low …
