Tag Archives: FareShare

Good on their Lordships


Yesterday we heard some apparently conflicting news. Foodbank use is up by 30% and Unemployment is down to below 7%. The opposition parties were almost silent about the latter but the Government was equally silent about the former. The two … Continue reading

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We must talk about all of the Waste


The Government has launched a new loan fund to enable a small number of farmers to build small scale Anerobic Digestion units on their farms. The funding is a modest £3M and the Farmers can apply for up to £400,000 … Continue reading

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Food for thought


Food waste will always be with us, to misquote the Bible unless all 63M of us are prepared to return to subsistence living, growing our own food and keeping chickens or pigs to eat all of our peelings and other inedible parts … Continue reading

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The Background to FareShare


In a break from my usual blogs, this is in an attempt to help illuminate a conversation that began this evening on twitter. Forgive me for beginning with some history which explains why I am such a know it all. … Continue reading

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How to avoid offence


In the context of a Summer of disturbances in some of our major cities we in Sussex are grateful that the copy cat actions did not reach our County boundaries. Some early indications of trouble were picked up in Crawley and … Continue reading

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