Charities to get cash from £15m fund to redistribute surplus farm food

Some 330,000 tonnes of edible food a year is either wasted or repurposed as animal feed before it leaves farm gates, the Government estimates (David Davies/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Government will go ahead with a £15 million fund to help get surplus food from farms to homeless shelters, food banks and charities.

The scheme to be launched in 2025 will give grants of £20,000 or more to the not-for-profit food redistribution sector in England.