Surplus food: £13.6m awarded to divert farm waste to food banks – but £1.2m withheld

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The fund was drawn up to fund the redistribution of ‘healthy and nutritious’ food from farmgate to homeless shelters, food banks and charities

Defra has awarded £13.6m to charities to transform surplus farm produce unwanted by supermarkets into “healthy and nutritious” meals for millions of families in need.

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