We’re thrilled to introduce our dynamic new Board Co-Chairs, Tracey Watene, Head of Operations and Relationships at Fair Food NZ, and Simone Gibson, General Manager at Awhina Taupō Community Foodbank. They are both very familiar faces in the food rescue community and will be taking a collaborative approach to leadership, embodying our commitment to Te…
Food Rescues and other charities all over Aotearoa are doing incredible work to meet the growing need for food support within our communities. Our Hawkes Bay-based member, Nourished for Nil, is seeing a growing demand for food parcels from many different demographics, including pensioners. Nourished for Nil’s Founder, Christina McBeth and our Interim GM Iain Lees-Galloway, spoke with Hawkes Bay Today about this confronting new trend.
Read the article here.
Our Interim GM, Iain Lees-Galloway Iain was a guest on the Revolving Door Syndrome podcast hosted by Dr Nina Su. Joined by Executive Director of NZ Food Waste Champions, Kaitlin Dawson, the conversation dives into what’s going on now and what needs to be done to make the food system more sustainable.
Our Interim GM Iain Lees-Galloway, alongside Kaitlin Dawson, Executive Director of chatted with Vincent Heeringa, about the critical issue of food waste and the vital role our members play in ensuring surplus food ends up on plates rather than in landfills.
Listen here.
Three key takeaways from this year’s Countdown Summit and AFRA Hui This month we had the pleasure of hosting our annual Countdown Summit Food Rescue Partners Summit and AFRA Hui, in Ōtautahi Christchurch. A massive thank you to everyone who joined us as we celebrated the inspiring collaboration and dedication of our member organisations from…
