When our friends at Fair Go asked us about best before dates for old spices, or molasses that was ten years old, we called in our expert – Toni!

Best before date is exactly that! The food is best before that date but still safe to eat after this date, as long as you use your senses. Use by dates are a different story!

Watch our segment on Fair Go where we talk about the difference and give some basic guidelines on best-before dates.
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/fair-go/clips/best-before

You can also download our guide to rescued food, encouraging people to look, sniff, taste food before you biff it in the bin!

When we entered the NZ Food Awards for the Food Hero Category, it was both a shock and honor to also walk away with the 2020 Supreme Winner Award too. This award is not just for us but the many organisations and people who helped us deliver the millions of meals that were distributed to our communities.

In 2019, Fair Food was a mobile service that rescued and delivered over 120 tonnes but when the COVID pandemic struck, we ended up re-distributing over 140 tonnes of food a week. COVID was a game-changer for food rescue because of the sheer volumes of food that was in the supply chain when lockdown hit the nation. Through teamwork, dedication and creativity we ended up distributing over 3 million meals in 2020.

Read our story here:
https://www.foodawards.co.nz/case-studies/2021/food-hero-category

Image by Tobias Kraus

Our good friends at One Percent Collective featured Fair Food and one of our most charismatic food recipients, Victor Davies from Waitakere Community Outreach, to talk about our joint impact.

Victor has been running the Waitakere Community Outreach for over 20 years and it’s the stories he shares with us that give us a sense of how Fair Food is making a difference. Because Fair Food is the ‘charity behind the charities’ – supporting other frontline charities with fresh, nutritious food – we don’t get to interact with the families or whanau receiving the food so, we love hearing the impact we are having in our communities.

Mihi to One Percent Collective for supporting Fair Food and this great story for us to share.

Read our story here:
https://www.onepercentcollective.org/stories/filling-bellies-not-landfills