FareShare and The Felix Project have joined forces this year to become the UK's largest food redistribution charity, working across the food industry to rescue surplus food and get it onto the plates of people in need. We work with 8,000 organisations supporting people in need around the UK.
Each year an estimated 4.6 million tonnes of good to eat food is wasted across the UK's food supply chain, with 2.9m tonnes of that waste occurring at the farm gate. At the same time, more than 1 in every 7 people in the UK don't get enough to eat.
Giving your surplus produce to FareShare and The Felix Project makes perfect sense. We understand how much time, energy and resources go into growing food - together, we can make sure your hard-earned harvest feeds people. A grant from the government's Tackling Food Surplus at the Farm Gate scheme has allowed us to invest in infrastructure and logistics and has step-changed our ability to store, process and redistribute fresh produce.
Farmers Guardian's head of arable, Ashleigh Ellwood, joined the team at FareShare and The Felix Project for the latest epsiode of Crop it Like it's Hot podcast. Listen below to find out more!
We are now looking for more fresh produce growers, farmers and importers to work with. Diverting surplus produce to us is easy and our funding can help cover some of the costs of harvesting, grading and packaging. Together, we can turn your unsold produce into a positive story for your business.
Lincolnshire-based grower, Mark Nundy, Managing Director of Windy Ridge Veg, explains how it works for his business: "Working with FareShare helps us to make the most of our surplus crops, which come from over-average yields we have during the year. It feels really good to know that everything we produce now goes to a good home. If you're not already working with FareShare, please get in touch with them. The partnership {with FareShare} means that none of our surplus cabbages, cauliflower and broccoli go to waste."
Nearly half of the food that we redistributed in 2025 was fresh fruit and vegetables. This has allowed us to offer more fresh produce to local charities, supporting people to access healthier, more nutritious diets.
Holly Wright , East of England Regional Manager at FoodCycle, an organisation which receives food via the FareShare and The Felix Project network, explains why fresh produce is important to them:
"Having a variety of different fruit and vegetables means that our cooking team are actually able to come up with some really interesting recipe ideas and make sure that we are kind of creating a balanced meal, without having to depend on store-cupboard items to bulk out the meals." FoodCycle provide community meals with the aim to try to tackle food poverty and food waste while bringing communities together and making connections between people.
Get in touch today to discuss how we can work together:
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