Foodbank has celebrated and thanked the country’s farmers and growers for their ongoing support to the food relief organisation, with 18.5 million kilograms of produce was donated last year.
In 2021, Foodbank sourced the equivalent of 86.7 million meals for essential food relief, 30 per cent which was sourced directly from Australia’s agricultural industry.
More than 30 per cent of Foodbank’s total food relief volume is distributed to rural, regional and remote areas, allowing the food relief charity to give back to the communities who are some of the most generous food donors to Foodbank.
With many farming communities across the eastern states enduring flooding and the loss of crops, Foodbank says the generosity shown by farmers and growers in supporting the most vulnerable in the community is even more significant.
Foodbank Australia CEO, Brianna Casey said farming communities had continued to support Foodbank while facing devastating natural disasters that aren’t easing up.
Following recent flooding in NSW, Foodbanks in New South Wales and Victoria will continue to pack and distribute emergency food relief hampers and pallets of fresh produce which have been making their way to flood-affected areas across Victoria and New South Wales for the last two months, on top of ongoing food relief to assist with recovery from previous disaster events.
“Our thoughts are with all the communities struggling at the moment, and in particular those close-knit, vibrant communities facing unfathomable devastation as a result of these latest floods. We want these communities to know that Foodbank will be right there with them as long as needed to help these towns get back on their feet,” said Casey.
