Food Commons Foundation actively promotes the concept of saving food and helping people through publicity, develops a community surplus food sharing network, and cooperates with community organizations and voluteers to collect surplus food resources from markets, restaurants, and merchants every day. After proper sorting, screening and processing of recycled food, it will be distributed to those in need in the community. The partners and voluteers are located in different regions with the common goal of saving food and reducing waste.
The Foundation raises the necessary working capital and recruits human resources for the leftover food sharing action organizations in various districts to support more food rescue actions. The beneficiaries of these food recycling programs include: the elderly, low-income people/families, CSSA recipients/families, the unemployed, the disabled, the sick, children, minorities, disadvantaged groups, etc.
Project name: Food Commons @ NT (Fanling & Sheung Shui) *
Executing Agency: Action Health
Start and end date of the plan: 2023/8/1-2024/5/31
in progress
Project name: Food Commons @ NT West (Tsuen Wan, Kwai Fong and Tsing Yi) / Food Commons @ NT (Tsuen Wan, Kwai Fong and Tsing Yi) *
Executive agency: Women Service Association
Start and end date of the plan: 2019/11/1-2024/5/31
in progress
Project name: Food Commons @ NT West (Yuen Long and Tin Shui Wai) / Food Commons @ NT (Yuen Long and Tin Shui Wai) *
Executing Agency: Tin Shui Wai Community Development Network
Start and end date of the plan: 2019/11/1-2024/5/31
in progress
Project name: ECF Food Commons @ Shatin #
Executive agency: Shatin Women's Association
Start and end date of the plan: 2021/8/1-2025/7/31
in progress
Project name: Food Share. We care Community Project @ Western District
Executive agency: Ever Green Association
Start and end date of the plan: 2015/9/1-2019/8/30
Weight recovered: 485,022 kg
Number of beneficiaries: 518,965 person-times
Project name: Food Sharing Campaign Project (Kwai Fong Project)
Executive agency: Women Service Association
Start and end date of the plan: 2015/10/1-2019/10/31
Weight recovered: 331,492 kg
Number of beneficiaries: 312,294 person-times
Project name: Food For Thought Project (Tin Shui Wai, Yuen Long)
Executing Agency: Tin Shui Wai Community Development Network
Start and end date of the plan: 2015/11/1-2019/10/31
Weight recovered: 734,004 kg
Number of beneficiaries: 447,583 person-times
Project name: Food Sharing Action (Shatin)
Executive agency: Shatin Women's Association
Start and end date of the plan: 2016/1/1-2021/7/31
Weight recovered: 728,241 kg
Number of beneficiaries: 564,051 person-times
Project name: Food Sharing Project (Phase 2) - Wong Tai Sin and Tuen Mun
Executive agency: New Life Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association
The start and end date of the plan: 2016/4/1-2021/3/31
Weight recovered: 1,035,729 kg
Number of beneficiaries: 277,221 person-times
Project name: Food Sharing Project (Phase 3) - Tuen Mun
Executive agency: New Life Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association
Start and end dates of the plan: 2021/4/1-2022/10/31
Weight recovered: 32,449.65 kg
Number of beneficiaries: 22,480 person-times
Project name: Food Friend Action (Kowloon City Project)
Executing Agency: Civil Society Service Center
Start and end date of the plan: 2016/7/1-2020/6/30
Weight recovered: 502,189 kg
Number of beneficiaries: 540,485 person-times
Project name: Food Sharing in Community Program (Tsuen Tsing Project)
Executive agency: Women Service Association
Start and end dates of the plan: 2016/12/1-2019/10/31
Weight recovered: 162,288 kg
Number of beneficiaries: 127,954 person-times
The above-mentioned partners go to different service areas to collect food donated by market vendors, retailers, etc. daily. These foods that are still safe for consumption will be discarded in landfills, screened and distributed to people in need in the community for free. The project can not only reduce food waste and reduce the load on landfills, but also help families in need, create employment opportunities, and benefit many parties.
* The project is funded by Tsu Te Kian Charitable Trust
# The project is funded by the Environment and Conservation Fund and the Environmental Campaign Committee