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Social Offer Vegetable Market

Social Offer Vegetable Market
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FOOD BANK

It is the 1st organization in Greece with the sole purpose of fighting hunger and limiting food waste in Greece.

Since its establishment, it has been an equal member of the European Federation of Food Banks (FEBA), bringing to Greece the model and structure of the rest of Europe's Food Banks.

There are 6 Food Banks operating in Greece: in Attica, Thessaloniki, Thessaly, Drama, Epirus and Crete and they are represented internationally by the European Food Banks Federation (FEBA).

In Europe there are now more than 336 Food Banks in 29 countries and new ones are constantly opening. They are members of the European Food Banks Federation (FEBA) based in Brussels. The success of the institution is due to the fact that it is the most effective way to combine the fight against hunger with the reduction of waste.

Purpose, the limitation of food waste and the utilization of products to fight hunger, which cannot be absorbed by the market.

With a central slogan "We don't throw anything away", our suppliers provide us with products every day which are either short-lived or have defective packaging but have not been spoiled.

Then we distribute them to institutions, charity meals and charity meals. There our volunteers cook every day ensuring a plate of food to everyone who needs it.



Objective Action

Reduction of food waste in the central vegetable market of Athens and at the same time covering the food needs of community groups and institutions that help people in need, throughout Attica.

 

Target Audience

Vulnerable social groups, who are in a state of food insecurity or hunger.

 

Duration

The duration of each action is a few hours but the action can continue as long as there are people who are hungry and vegetables that, although suitable for consumption, are thrown away.


Description

In consultation with a store that maintains a position in the central vegetable market of Athens, every Monday and Friday, the Food Bank sends volunteers or its employees who receive quantities of fruit and vegetables that are not marketable even though they are suitable for consumption and distributes them to benefiting charities and institutions in all of Attica.

The Food Bank combines the facilities (cold rooms, warehouse) and the appropriate network of organizations to take full advantage, reliably and safely of these sensitive foods. Few organizations in Greece have the ability to preserve and rapidly disperse large quantities of perishable food.


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Impact on Society

As a result of the initiative, since the beginning of 2022, more than 20 tons of vegetables, nutritious foods that were destined for destruction have been distributed.

Instead, food was given free to vulnerable groups such as refugees and people below the poverty line, meeting their nutritional needs.



Initiative Location

The place of action is the central vegetable market of Athens, the Food Bank where the products are distributed.


Working with Organization

We work with volunteers from the organization SOS Refugees, who help us every other week in receiving the food.


Workers Participation

Both the employees of the Food Bank and the volunteers of the same or other organizations in its network, participate in the action, transferring the food either directly to food banks and/or structures in order to use them or to the Food Bank itself where they will be stored for a short time period until they are distributed to organizations in its network.


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Benefits for Οrganization

The networking with shops of the central vegetable market and the presence of the Food Bank in the area of the vegetable market at regular intervals, opens new avenues of cooperation that can yield even greater quantities of food in the future. Further promoting the foundation's fight against hunger and waste.




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