The government estimates that around 330,000 tonnes of edible food a year are wasted or used for animal feed.
Charities, food banks and homeless shelters are to receive access to a £15m fund to help use surplus farm food. The government scheme, set to be launched next year, will give grants of £20,000 and upwards to non-profit food redistribution groups in England. It aims to help those groups secure new equipment - like hoppers and balers - or to train staff and set up new technology so they can get food that would be wasted to those who need it most.
'Nobody wants to see good food go to waste - especially farmers who work hard to put food on family tables across the country.' Charlotte Hill and Kris Gibbon-Walsh, chief executives of charities The Felix Project and FareShare, said they were 'thrilled' that the fund had been announced after years of campaigning.
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