SubtleBlade ⚔️ · @SubtleBlade
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The European Network · @TheEuropeanNetwork
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The Brussels region in Belgium wants to introduce legal obligations for large supermarkets to donate unsold food.

Eurostat estimates that roughly 10% of all the food made available to EU consumers ends up in the trash. In 2020, that amounted to nearly 59 million tons, according to the EU.

It is not the first time an EU country introduces legislation on food donations. Does it work?

dw.com/en/food-waste-is-forcin

#foodbanks #foodwaste #Food #Donate #supermarkets #brussels #belgium

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steve dustcircle ⍻ · @dustcircle
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Mark Cantrell · @Man0Words
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They're a soup kitchen for the modern age, but with record numbers turning to food banks for emergency support, how long before this charitable lifeline breaks under the strain?

Read the latest story on outHouse...

outhousemag.substack.com/p/eme

#foodbanks #poverty #politics #uk #society

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anniemo 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 · @anniemo71
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hesgen · @hesgen
584 followers · 2908 posts · Server mstdn.media

"German food banks in crisis"

A reminder that the biggest economy in Europe is no land of Milch und Honig.

dw.com/en/german-food-banks-in

#foodbanks #germany

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Vetinari · @Vetinari
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#foodbanks #mps #parliament

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Hazel · @HazelWood
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Robsterthermidor · @Robsterthermidor
543 followers · 783 posts · Server mas.to

To those who thought jolly Johnny Mercer was a man of the people, think again.

Food bank use a ‘personal decision’, says veterans minister theguardian.com/society/2023/j

#foodbanks #gtto #tory

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Catt · @Aristokrattic
387 followers · 952 posts · Server aus.social

“Poverty is a political choice”
Over 1/2 million are going hungry on any night, but hey it’s all good because we’ve got a
And how many are homeless as well as starving?



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“Interest rates drive hunger”

How Reserve Bank Interest Rises Have Fueled Hunger.

Foodbank “Find Food Searches” against cash rate rises, from Aug 22 to Sept 23.

#surplus #foodbanks #hunger #homelessness

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the trouble with mia :baner:🐝 · @fkamiah17
2024 followers · 32794 posts · Server toot.wales

Update on this morning's previous winner of "most disgusting Tory MP of the day" (overtaken comprehensively by Robert Jenrick). Here's Johnny "foodbanks are a lifestyle choice" Mercer with his reply to the collective outrage (please note the quotation marks around "starving"):
Any serving military personnel fancy filling Mr Mercer's diary?

#FuckTheTories #foodbanks #Costoflivingcrisis #ukpolitics

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the trouble with mia :baner:🐝 · @fkamiah17
2020 followers · 32694 posts · Server toot.wales

OK, I know it's early to call "which MP has said the most blatantly disgusting thing today" but Johnny Mercer on Sky this morning claims "people using food banks is a lifestyle choice and part of their budgetting measures".
If your household budget does not stretch as far as BEING ABLE TO FEED YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY, that is NOT a choice. 🤬

#ukpolitics #torybastards #Costoflivingcrisis #foodbanks

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Christo · @Christo
298 followers · 142 posts · Server mastodonapp.uk

Tomorrow we will do our volunteer shift in Poplar, East London, picking food orders for charities registered with Felix. We work in the depot (warehouse), ambient spaces and chiller rooms. If you live in London check out volunteering. Felix shouldn't exist but it does because its needed. It supplies schools, Trussel Trust foodbanks etc.
The Felix Project - London Charity Fighting Hunger and Food Waste thefelixproject.org/

#foodbanks #londonhunger #toryshame

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Rab Bruce’s Spider · @RabBrucesSpider1
559 followers · 2767 posts · Server mastodon.scot

King Charles wants yet another fancy ceremony, but he’s not going to pay for it. We are.

St Giles coronation costs to be paid by Scottish Government thenational.scot/news/23627498

#scotland #monarchy #foodbanks #Costoflivingcrisis #NotMyKing

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Benoit Blanco from the Bronx🗿 · @feijoa
260 followers · 3815 posts · Server mastodon.org.uk

Really important read: ‘Food banks are not the answer’: charities search for new way to help UK families
theguardian.com/society/2023/j

#foodbanks #foodpovery

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Richard Hull · @Richard_Hull
1298 followers · 1427 posts · Server social.coop

Excellent article by the ever wonderful @chakrabortty and what a clever use of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray to argue that successive governments have hidden the awful state of the UK economy - e.g. one in four employees are either low paid or not getting sufficient hours, and our five-year-old children are the shortest in Europe.




theguardian.com/commentisfree/

#poverty #austerity #foodbanks #nothingsworking #mortgage

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punko · @punko
600 followers · 1282 posts · Server kolektiva.social

Hey, Northern Hemisphere Peeps, it’s a good day to donate money or extra garden produce (and eggs) to your local Food Bank.
Hey, Southern Hemisphere Peeps, it’s also a good day to donate money to your local Food Bank, and to plan some extra rows for the Hungry when you are drinking tea and planning next year’s garden.

#foodbanksarealifeline #dogoodtoday #chooseyourownadventure #hunger #foodbanks

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Benoit Blanco from the Bronx🗿 · @feijoa
250 followers · 3578 posts · Server mastodon.org.uk

I donate regularly to the Trussell Trust who run UK food banks for people struggling to make ends meet. If you'd care to throw a few quid their way, you can do so here... 👇

trusselltrust.org/

#foodbanks #charity

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