One clear sign of the disastrous effects of the ongoing pandemic has been the enormous growth of the lines at food banks all over Europe. Individuals and families have been forced to make hard financial choices, but Brighton and Hove is working hard through its Local Food Partnership’s Affordable Food Projects to ensure that enduring hunger won’t have to be one of the options on the table.
The Affordable Food Projects are membership models where members pay a small fee for which they receive a relatively large quantity of food. The projects put the subscription fees together to buy surplus food and bulk food through the Brighton Food Factory, which predominantly sources its food from local farms.
This practice, therefore, fights hunger, supports local food economies and protects the environment by shortening the food supply chain.
