An enthusiastic gardener friend mentioned a local initiative called the Foodshare Network last weekend. I think it’s a brilliantly simple idea. People who grow their own food can join the network, form groups (e.g. at their local allotment) and donate surplus home grown produce to local charities.

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The network has been developed on Ning, the free social networking tool, by Cambridge based Mark Desvaux. There is also a wiki of Foodshare guidance for groups joining the scheme. Since launching a few weeks ago I gather the concept is really starting to take off. I really hope the simplicity of the idea and the ease of using setting up a group on a social networking site will mean it scales out. Foodshare has a goal to deliver one million hampers to charities around the world. Go Food Philanthropists!

This is just the motivation I needed to make some time to get down to the allotment and clear the weeds…

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