How community refrigerators ensure that everyone has a morsel to share
The Hindu
These fridges, maintained by voluntary organisations, take care of the hungry while engendering a healthy respect for food conservation
In over a year of COVID-19 lockdowns, the disruption of logistics and transport has brought to fore the importance of voluntary organisations — their role in preventing food wastage and ensuring the supply of meals to disadvantaged sections of society. “India has more food than it actually needs. Waste happens not only in the conception, but also the production side. Though as lay people we may not have the power to create policies to change the system, we can surely do better to reduce food wastage on a personal level,” says Dr Issa Fathima Jasmine, managing trustee, The Public Foundation (TPF) in Chennai. The non-Governmental organisation has been helping to redistribute surplus cooked food among the destitute in Chennai since 2017.More Related News