As both BerryWorld and FareShare celebrate their 30th birthdays this year, the partnership continues to go from strength to strength. Committed to ensuring a sustainable and ethical supply chain, BerryWorld and its UK growers have been supporting FareShare for four years with delicious out of spec fresh berries. Since then, this fruit has helped provide the equivalent of 1.6 million meals to communities and charities supported by FareShare, whilst fighting food waste.
This summer the strawberries received from BerryWorld UK growers supported the highest ever volumes of fresh produce received by the FareShare network during the summer season.
Simon Millard, Director of Food at FareShare said: “We are enormously grateful to the team at BerryWorld UK and all their growers for their continued support for FareShare. By providing FareShare with surplus food, BerryWorld UK makes a huge difference to ensuring that good food goes to people in need, not waste. Their support helps these charities turn surplus food into meals, addressing the environmental issue of food waste at the same time as ensuring people in need have access to healthy diets. Thanks for helping FareShare make the food go further.”
Emma Henry, Head of Responsible Sourcing at BerryWorld UK said: “Everyone should be able to access nutritious healthy fresh produce, so we are incredibly proud and pleased to be able to support FareShare and celebrate together on this momentous occasion.”
