Today is the second solar term in summer, "Corn Forms". At this time, the sun reaches 60° of the ecliptic longitude. The weather gradually turns from warm to hot, and precipitation increases, officially ushering in the humid and sultry midsummer.

From April 2024 to March 2025, the Food Commons Foundation and regional partners successfully collected 240,750.20 kg of food and distributed 239,167.25 kg, with a distribution rate of 99.34%, benefiting 382,710 people! Since June 2009, the food common project has collected a total of 11,323,724.23 kg of food, distributed a total of 10,790,105.95 kg, and benefitted more than 9,999,267 people!

Last Saturday, volunteers from the Food Commons Foundation visited the Tzu Chi Environmental Action Centre to explore the concepts of environmental education and sustainable development. This green museum, which was converted from an old village school, uses environmentally friendly building materials such as bamboo, palm fiber recycled boards and Fuhui bricks and is equipped with a rainwater recycling system, fully embodying the wisdom of green architecture.

Last Friday, 10 students from The Church of Christ in China Ming Kei College, accompanied by their teacher, visited Sunshine City Wet market in Ma On Shan and participated in the food recycling campaign of the Food Commons Foundation, collecting, sorting and distributing vegetables. Along the way, the enthusiastic shop owner gave everyone sweet pastries to cheer them up, adding a touch of warmth and encouragement! Everyone returned the excess vegetables to Lee On Shopping Centre for the benefit of the elderly and neighbourhood.

Over the course of the last month, Shared Food Fund volunteers have once again shown their unselfish commitment by rushing through alleys and streets to personally deliver bulky food boxes to people in need.  Each kilogramme of recycled material represents the labour and affection of the volunteers, and each serving of food contributes to the community's warmth.

Every year, a significant amount of food is wasted globally, and with the Stop Food Waste Day Cookbook, you can learn how to transform leftover bread, overripe fruits, and vegetable scraps into tasty meals!