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Food Commons Foundation's Views on the 2024-25 Budget Consultation
 2024-01-19

The government will implement municipal solid waste (MSW) charging in April this year. This move is believed to reduce the load on landfills and can also cultivate the habit of collecting and processing general household waste and food waste separately among the public. It also helps deepen the impression of separate recycling. However, many members of the public say they do not understand the garbage levy's details. It is recommended to allocate more resources, use economic incentives to encourage food recycling, reduce waste at source and strengthen publicity and education about garbage levy. Then citizens can better understand its original intention and operational details and put the concept of food wise into practice. The following are relevant comments: 

Delivering hot meals to busy cleaners
 2024-01-18

「你好,我哋嚟派飯㗎!」清潔工見到義工,立即滿面笑容:「多謝你哋!你哋真係好啦!」「做完嘢快啲食飯啦!唔好擺太耐。」義工懷著一顆感恩的心,將食物轉送到有需要的人手上,不但能減少浪費又可以幫助別人。

Volunteer experience sharing
 2024-01-16

義工活動不僅讓我們能夠幫助他人,更能帶給我們喜悅和滿足感,每一個微笑、每一句感謝的話語,都是我們最珍貴的回報。

Deliver care by sharing surplus food
 2024-01-10

「婆婆你好!食咗飯未呀?今日有無執到紙皮?」義工重遇相熟的拾荒者,遞上一個熱飯盒之餘,不禁關心她最近的情況。每日都有很多食物被棄置,透過持續地分享食物,不但能減少浪費,更可以關心社區內不被重視的人。

Seasonal Crops of January
 2024-01-06

「小寒」是第二十三個節氣,標誌著季冬時節的開始,此時的天氣寒冷但仍未到極點。小寒開始,主要注意下半身的保暖,穿保暖的鞋襪,以防寒氣從腳下侵入,導致體內寒濕夾雜。飲食方面建議多吃溫熱的食物補益身體,溫性的蔬菜包括芥菜、茴香和蔥等。隨著「時令」蔬菜的變化,選擇合時蔬菜的好處是,它們在最合適的時候種植和收割,所需農藥會較少,味道也較好;而由於「當造」,產量較多,價格也會較低。

Food sharing on the first of January 2024
 2024-01-05

祝大家新年快樂!2024年1月1日,當大家有各種活動慶祝元旦日時,共享食物基金收到熱心市民來電,表示有20箱急凍魚蛋燒賣,因存倉問題,希望捐贈,否則就需要棄置,十分浪費。在公眾假期,多個地區合作伙伴中心都放假,加上要有急凍設備,才能接收這批食物。幸好,食享新界(北區)* 合作伙伴健康行動在粉嶺的地區服務中心,有大型雪櫃可以儲存這批食物,而又可以安排到同事假日處理。