Airlines team up with OzHarvest to deliver meals to the hungry
<p>An Australian food organisation has teamed up with airlines to deliver uneaten, first-class meals to the hungry.</p>
<p>Successful food enterprise OzHarvest already takes excess food from more than 2000 organisations and is now collecting about 200-400kg of unused food at Brisbane Airport every day.</p>
<p>Uneaten sandwiches, apples, muesli bars and biscuits account for most of the food and generally comes from cancelled flights, the organisation told ABC News.</p>
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<p>"Pretty much anything you're seeing on an airline is something we can redistribute, as long as it's still in a fit state to eat," OzHarvest Queensland state manager Cameron Hickey said.</p>
<p>There's many delicious meals in first class that aren't eaten, which often means there's excess food along the supply chain."</p>
<p>After the organisation collects the food from various companies in Australia, it is then distributed to more than 800 charities.</p>
<p>OzHarvest was set up in 2004 by Ronni Kahn and now feeds people in nine cities throughout Australia.</p>
<p>"There's eight to 10billion dollars worth of food wastage every year," Kahn said, "and we plan on reducing this by 50 per cent by 2025 - that's the goal."</p>
<p>What an incredible initiative! Do you think enough has been done by organisations to take advantage of circumstances to feed the homeless?</p>
<p>Let us know in the comments.</p>
<p><em>Image credit: Instagram / OzHarvest</em></p>
<p><em>First appeared on <a href="http://Stuff.co.nz" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Stuff.co.nz</span></strong></a>.</em></p>
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