Havens Food Cooperative
Havens Food Cooperative is a scheme to reduce waste and repurpose and redistribute food on a daily basis. Working under the umbrella of Havens Community Hub CIC, we prioritise families, groups and individuals with the highest need and ensure any surplus is not wasted. We are given short shelf-life food and sometimes mislabeled, wonky or overproduced items.
We use the food we rescue to assist both those who are in a position of food insecurity and those who want to help the environment by saving food from being sent to landfill. Any food we receive that is beyond its useful edible life is composted in our new ‘Hot Bins’ and used by local gardeners to grow more produce to share.
We are currently working with stores including Sainsbury's, Tesco, Co-op and Asda; along with organisations such as FareShare and Co-op Food Share. Together we are saving over 3 tonnes (close to 500 stone) of perishable food from being sent to landfill a month and helping over 60 households a day.
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If you would like to be part of our project to prevent food waste - please email us at havensfoodcoop@gmail.com
“Change the world, one loaf of bread at a time”