Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk fired up our Brisbane kitchen today to cook surplus food into nutritious meals for Queenslanders in need. The massive new kitchen, the size of a basketball court, is powered by local volunteers supervised by experienced chefs. “FareShare Read more…
FareShare has been supporting Mullum Mullum Indigenous Gathering place in Ringwood for more than a decade with rescued food and pastries. The community-controlled and managed foodbank exists for Indigenous community members, and non-Indigenous partners and carers living in Melbourne’s eastern Read more…
FareShare has launched our biggest ever food drive in a bid to collect 20,000kg of rice and pasta before Christmas. “Rice and pasta are universally loved foods which help make a great meal go a little bit further,” says FareShare Read more…
Anne fills quiches at night, after a day shift building the FareShare website The title Volunteer of the Month hardly does justice to Anne who has rebuilt our website as well as acting as an evening kitchen volunteer. Anne offered Read more…
Chef Polly and DJ Lauren Mac get ready to cook – and entertain – students. DJ and FareShare volunteer Lauren first heard about us while doing a professional gig at the Night Noodle Markets where our volunteers were selling fortune Read more…
Lisa and Craig provide a warm welcome with FareShare meals Ballarat winters are notoriously harsh. It’s hard to imagine how anyone sleeping rough could even survive. Centacare’s Peplow House provides temporary relief with crisis accommodation for single men experiencing homelessness. Read more…
Pig farmer Tim Kingma with diced pork perfect for FareShare casseroles Meat is often the first sacrifice for families struggling to put food on the table making it a critical ingredient for the FareShare kitchen. FareShare cooks 5,000 meals every day Read more…
FareShare’s Kellie Watson is joined on site by food partner Foodbank QLD’s CEO Michael Rose. There have been some BIG developments in sunny Queensland. Our new production kitchen is under construction and electricians, plumbers and concreters are on site. All Read more…
Will you follow in the footsteps of these happy FareShare walkers? FareShare is an official charity partner of the A2 Upstream Challenge on Saturday 10 November. Walk or run along the Yarra River from Gosch’s Paddock in Melbourne (50km) or Read more…
Jose Cambon with chef Crickette adding mushroom stems – & nutrition – to a casserole We have a wonderful new ingredient which is cropping up in almost every FareShare meal – mushrooms! The welcome boon is due to an exciting Read more…