COPE Galway, do you know what they do? They are a fantastic Galway based charity that provide a wealth of services to those less fortunate than ourselves. One of their actvities is providing home cooked healthy means to people that cant cook for themselves. Generally these people are older or physically incapacitated. It is shocking how much food is wasted every week in Ireland. We face a similiar problem with food that is not up to our quality standards here at Green Earth Organics. This is food that is fine and we eat it ourselves at home but we wouldnt sell it as it doesnt meet our quality criteria, (it may be slightly bruised, or have a blemish or in the case of carrots be broken or cracked). So whats the connection between COPE Galway and food waste? Well my mum who has been working tirelessly in bringing this graded out food to charities all over Galway for the past 2 years finally hit the jackpot 3 weeks ago. She met Geraldine who runs COPE home delivery meal service, and Geraldine was absolutely delighted to take our excess produce. So we have started sending any grade outs into COPE each week so they can use it in their cooking. The organisation relies on volunteers to do much of the prep and delivery work. Geraldine was kind enough to have a presentation for us last week and she also showed us around their facility in Ballybane and it really is amazing. I have put several photos of COPE in action on our blog, please take a minute to have a look and I know they would be delighted if you decided to give them a donation. Have a fantastic week, to see the full COPE story in PICTURES on our blog greenearthorganics.ie/farm-news/cope-galway Kenneth
Posted on: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 12:18:45 +0000