Food Sharing
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What is food sharing?
Food sharing refers to a mechanism of sharing food left over at households, companies, and restaurants with local people and welfare facilities, putting it to effective use.
As a mechanism that achieves both food-loss reduction and community ties and social support, it is spreading, and in Japan too it is taking root through "food-sharing apps" and "food-bank activities."
Features and background of food sharing
Definition: a mechanism for sharing leftover food within a region or community rather than discarding it
Background: Japan's food loss (5.23 million tons a year / MAFF 2022 estimate) becoming a social issue
Features: mutual help within a region, reducing the environmental burden, supporting people in financial hardship
Advantages: reducing disposal costs, contributing to CSR and ESG management
Trend: person-to-person food sharing using apps and corporate food-loss-reduction partnerships are expanding
Examples of food sharing at Agriture
Drying off-spec and surplus vegetables to raise storability and using them for food sharing
OEM food planning premised on partnering with food-bank organizations
Providing "dried-vegetable meal sets" for schools and welfare facilities
Supporting "food-sharing using dried vegetables" planning at local events
Related keywords
Food bank
Food donation
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FAQ
Q1. What is the difference between food sharing and a food bank?
A. A food bank is a mechanism for providing food donated by companies and organizations to welfare facilities and the like, while food sharing is broader in that it also includes individuals and local communities sharing food.
Q2. What are the challenges of food sharing?
A. Food hygiene management, delivery costs, and the difficulty of matching with recipients can be cited.
