Recently we had the opportunity to meet and discuss matters with the Kidney Patients Association in Kastoria which has been operating since 1998 to support 70 people in need of food and other essentials.
Thanks to the easiest, quickest and direct way of the Boroume method of saving & offering food, we connect donations with food needs in order to reduce food waste and increase support to people who face food insecurity or poverty.
About 30% of agricultural production in Greece and worldwide never leaves the farm because it does not meet the strict marketing standards or because the market price is lower than the cost of the harvest.
A few days ago we were contacted by three producers from Goumenissa in Kilkis to inform us that they had 1.000 kilos of potatoes which unfortunately were not able to allocate as they did not meet the strict ..
We invite you to join a group of active citizens and support the collective endeavour to reduce food waste and increase food supply.
In 2017, Boroume’s network has saved almost 7.5 million food portions, offering them to charitable organizations throughout Greece.
In 2017 we continued to move dynamically towards achieving our goals and according to our main pillars of action: a) saving and offering food at every level of the food chain and b) raising awareness about the issue of food waste.
We feel particular joy for the Saving Food Festival that we organized together with WWF Hellas and Impact Hub Athens, on Saturday March 3, 2018!