[permaculture-oceania] Food Fairness Alliance [FFA]

[Russ Grayson]

On 13/7/06 11:35 AM, "P Ferguson" <pennyfer at bigpond.net.au> wrote:

> I went to a meeting of Food Fairness Illawarra; the two guest speakers were
> from Foodbank and ozharvest.   Both are charities which collect up excess food
> from various sources [supermarkets, manufacturers] and distribute it to
> charities which feed hungry people.
> 
> Foodbank has 5 paid employees, numerous volunteers, large donors of goods, a
> savvy board of directors, and handles thousands of tons of food which might
> otherwise go to landfill. The quantities staggered me e.g. 300 pallets of
> McCains chips. 

> I wondered what the potato growers of Tasmania would think of
> this, having just signed a contract to supply potatoes to McCains at a lower
> price, scarcely covering growing costs.
> 
> P Ferguson
> Illawarra NSW

I shouldn't think they would mind Penny. They've been paid for their
potatoes and they are going towards feeding people, the overall purpose of
growing food.

...Russ

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