I first came across OzHarvest in Peppermint magazine, then I heard Ronni Kahn speak at a Macarthur Future Food Forum event and I am totally behind this initiative! Ozharvest rescues surplus food from restaurants, retailers, food outlets, hotels and corporate kitchens and delivers it to 420 different organisations that provide meals for people in need, all in around 15 vans!
I was over the moon when I saw Virgin's add about their new campaign: Meal for a meal.
All you have to do is snap a picture of your food, hashtag it with #mealforameal and Virgin will donate money to Ozharvest to enable them to deliver meals to the needy. They're aiming to deliver over 400, 000 meals through the meal for a meal campaign. So I encourage you, jump on board with this fantastic initiative, the odds are you're already snapping photos of your meals, why not turn it into a meal for someone else. And if you like what you hear about Ozharvest and you want to know more or even buy their cookbook (with left-over meals from Maggie Beer, George Calombaris and Bill Granger), head over to ozharvest.org
There are around 105 000 homeless Australians and 60 000 low-income families who often go without proper meals.
"Ozharvest gather food and distribute over 441, 500 meals per month."I was so happy to see the Ozharvest van visiting my local Aldi, I think I freaked the van driver out, wondering why I was smiling so enthusiastically at him.
I was over the moon when I saw Virgin's add about their new campaign: Meal for a meal.
All you have to do is snap a picture of your food, hashtag it with #mealforameal and Virgin will donate money to Ozharvest to enable them to deliver meals to the needy. They're aiming to deliver over 400, 000 meals through the meal for a meal campaign. So I encourage you, jump on board with this fantastic initiative, the odds are you're already snapping photos of your meals, why not turn it into a meal for someone else. And if you like what you hear about Ozharvest and you want to know more or even buy their cookbook (with left-over meals from Maggie Beer, George Calombaris and Bill Granger), head over to ozharvest.org
The figures... Across Australia, we throw away the equivalent of $7.8 billion dollars worth of food every year. When it goes to landfill, food waste is Australia's second largest source of methane.
There are around 105 000 homeless Australians and 60 000 low-income families who often go without proper meals.
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