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News from our community activities and events plus new initiatives and projects as we continue to put good surplus food to good use.
Reducing food waste, one bite at a time!
Wed 23 Aug 2023
At Shrewsbury Food Hub we strive to reduce food waste one bite at a time! This includes seasonal gleaning. Historically, gleaning meant gathering leftover grain after a harvest. For the hub it means gathering surplus fruit and vegetables from gardens, allotments and orchards. We then share this surplus produce with our community network in quantities […]
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Wed 16 Aug 2023
After it’s success in 2022, Argos and Sainsbury’s are again helping to combat child food poverty this summer. The Breakfast Club will provide 178,000 breakfasts across the Northern and Scottish Regions via the Breakfast Bag initiative. Shrewsbury Food Hub was asked by Sainsbury in Meole Brace to help. We are key to getting the bags […]
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Thu 3 Aug 2023
Shrewsbury Food Hub collects good surplus food from around 50 local suppliers. These suppliers share our passion for reducing food waste for environmental and social good. Here we focus on Maynard’s Farm who we have worked since 2020. Why do Maynard’s have surplus to share… Maynard’s cure, produce and pack a diverse range of award-winning […]
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Thu 6 Jul 2023
Diners to a free lunch club at St Mary’s Church café were in for a treat last month, thanks to the @slowfooduk ‘Time for Lunch’ campaign. Slow Food Ludlow committee member Steve Guy, aka The Hungry Guy, brought the campaign to Shrewsbury every Thursday in June to encourage people to pause for lunch – to […]
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Tue 13 Jun 2023
Last week, Shrewsbury Food Hub hosted a thank you lunch for Shropshire Freemasons with the assistance of local chef extraordinaire Steve Guy of @thehungryguy fame (pictured). Over the years, the Masons have been great friends to the Food Hub. As well as regular generous donations to support our work, they are also the reason we […]
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Thu 1 Jun 2023
As 2023 marks the 39th year of Volunteers’ Week (1-7 June), Shrewsbury Food Hub joins thousands of charities and voluntary organisations to recognise the contribution volunteers make across the UK. With this year’s theme of ‘Celebrate and Inspire’, the Food Hub is celebrating its 130+ amazing volunteers and hoping they will inspire others to get […]
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