Food Recovery Education and Engagement

The purpose of this program is to engage with community within TEI guidelines.

Desired Outcomes

• Educate community about food waste, and over purchasing
• Community, particularly children, are given the opportunity to gain knowledge around food not going to landfill
• Create community awareness on the advantages of recovered food helping to alleviate food insecurity.
• Accessing of recovered food is de-stigmatised, and reframed as helping the environment.
• More people accessing Food Recovery Food
• Community are made aware of the CONC (Consortium of Neighbourhood Centres) Food Recovery Program

Method

• Make contact with local Primary and Pre Schools within the Byron Shire
• Explain the Food Recovery model
• Keep outings manageable. (once a month, forty-five minutes max)
• Meet at an agreed time and venue
• Take Food recovery Van, one volunteer driver, and one worker, with the food recovered on that day for community to see. (Discussion Point)
• Offer information on how/where to access food.