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FareShare
Formation	2000
Headquarters	1–7 South Audley St, Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia, 3067. Tel. 61 3 9428 0044.
Location	Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia;
Chief Executive Officer	Marcus Godinho
Key people	David Harris (President), Sandy Dudakov (Vice-President), Marcus Godinho, Kellie Watson, Lucy Farmer, Fiona Maxwell, Brian Scammell, Crickette DerJeu, Patrick Lanyon, Rosemary Kelly, James Fien.
Staff	35
Website	www.fareshare.net.au

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FareShare is an Australian not-for-profit food rescue organisation that operates Australia's largest charity kitchens located in Melbourne and Brisbane. Its mission is to mobilise volunteers to cook delicious, free meals from rescued, donated and homegrown ingredients to improve the lives of Australians in hardship.

FareShare's healthy, balanced and ready-to-eat meals are provided free to frontline food relief charities to boost the health and wellbeing of people unable to access or afford meals or who may lack the facilities or capability to cook for themselves.

In Melbourne, with the help of hundreds of regular volunteers guided by experienced chefs, FareShare cooks thousands of meals every day for charities such as soup vans, homeless shelters, women’s refuges and community food banks. Thousands of corporate (team) volunteers and secondary school students contribute to this mission every year.

FareShare also grows its own vegetables at three kitchen gardens to boost the nutrition content and diversity of its meals. The largest of these is operated on a family farm where FareShare has approximately two acres of beds under cultivation.

FareShare’s production kitchen in Brisbane was established in 2018 harnessing food provided by Foodbank Queensland to cook meals for Queenslanders experiencing hardship and crisis.

FareShare is a charity and relies on the support of philanthropic foundations, businesses and individual donors to rescue food and cook meals.

History

How FareShare Started. In 2000, a pastry chef called Guido Pozzebon "'One Umbrella'started cooking 300 pies every Saturday morning for the Salvation Army and St Vincent de Paul. Guido and a group of friends would meet at the RACV Club and use surplus food accumulated over the week to cook savoury pastries.

Steven Kolt, a Jewish Aid Australia member, knew of the work of City Harvest, an organisation that rescues food for the needy of New York City. As a result, Melbourne City Harvest began in 2001, rescuing food that would otherwise be wasted. Prepared meals were collected from function halls and catering venues.

In late 2001, Melbourne City Harvest and One Umbrella decided to merge.

One Umbrella then lobbied for the creation of Victoria's "Good Samaritan Act" which provides legal protection to those who act in good faith by donating food to charities.

In 2008, One Umbrella changed its name to FareShare and, for the first time, opened its own kitchen in Abbotsford, Victoria.

External links

FareShare

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-{{Infobox Organization
+{{more footnotes needed|date=July 2016}}
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-|motto        = Rescuing food, fighting hunger
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-|headquarters = 1 Thompson Street, Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia, 3181.  Tel. 61 3 9428 0044.
+|headquarters = 1–7 South Audley St, Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia, 3067.  Tel. 61 3 9428 0044.
 |location     = {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Abbotsford, Victoria]], [[Australia]]
 |membership   =
 |leader_title = [[Chief Executive Officer]]
 |leader_name  = Marcus Godinho
-|key_people   = Julien Jane, Rob McMurrich, Kath Cotter, Chris Scott, Sandy Dudakov, David Harris, Annette Chaitman, Steven Kolt, Ron Hicks, Julian Pang and Pia Dimattina
+|key_people   = David Harris (President), Sandy Dudakov (Vice-President), Marcus Godinho, Kellie Watson, Lucy Farmer, Fiona Maxwell, Brian Scammell, Crickette DerJeu, Patrick Lanyon, Rosemary Kelly, James Fien.
-|num_staff    = 5
+|num_staff    = 35
 |budget       =
 |website      = [http://www.fareshare.net.au/ www.fareshare.net.au]
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-'''''FareShare (Australia)''''' is an Australian not-for-profit organisation that provides healthy meals for [[Melbourne]]’s hungry and homeless, using quality food that would otherwise be wasted. In 2008, FareShare rescued 280 tonnes of food from 80 businesses. More than 1,000 volunteers helped give away 560,000 meals for 106 charities. FareShare aims to give away one million meals this year.
+'''FareShare''' is an Australian not-for-profit food rescue organisation that operates Australia's largest charity kitchens located in Melbourne and Brisbane.  Its mission is to mobilise volunteers to cook delicious, free meals from rescued, donated and homegrown ingredients to improve the lives of Australians in hardship.
+FareShare's healthy, balanced and ready-to-eat meals are provided free to frontline [[food relief]] charities to boost the health and wellbeing of people unable to access or afford meals or who may lack the facilities or capability to cook for themselves.
-To produce FareShare’s meals, it collects quality surplus food that would otherwise be wasted - from [[growers]], [[manufacturers]], [[wholesale markets]], caterers, major retailers and hospitality schools - and turns it into nutritious meals. FareShare also redistributes a large quantity of uncooked food directly to more than 100 local charities.
+In Melbourne, with the help of hundreds of regular volunteers guided by experienced chefs, FareShare cooks thousands of meals every day for charities such as soup vans, homeless shelters, women’s refuges and community food banks. Thousands of corporate (team) volunteers and secondary school students contribute to this mission every year.
-FareShare estimates that for every kilogram of food that is recovered, it saves 56 litres of water. It’s food recovery activities in 2008-09 are also expected to save 620 tonnes of [[greenhouse gas]] – the equivalent to switching off 953 refrigerators a year.
+FareShare also grows its own vegetables at three kitchen gardens to boost the nutrition content and diversity of its meals. The largest of these is operated on a family farm where FareShare has approximately two acres of beds under cultivation.
-'''History'''
+FareShare’s production kitchen in Brisbane was established in 2018 harnessing food provided by Foodbank Queensland to cook meals for Queenslanders experiencing hardship and crisis.
-FareShare began as the shared vision of a group of individuals in [[2001]].
+FareShare is a charity and relies on the support of philanthropic foundations, businesses and individual donors to rescue food and cook meals.
-Steven Kolt, a Jewish Aid Australia member, knew of the work of City Harvest, an organisation that rescues food for the needy of New York City. As a result, ‘Melbourne City Harvest’ began in 2001, rescuing food that would otherwise be wasted. Prepared meals were collected from function halls and catering venues.
+==History==
-Meanwhile, ‘One Umbrella’ had also begun rescuing food. With [[RACV]] Foundation’s support, the group cooked nutritious pies in the club’s kitchen. In late 2001, Melbourne City Harvest and One Umbrella decided to merge.
+How FareShare Started. In 2000, a pastry chef called Guido Pozzebon "'One Umbrella'started cooking 300 pies every Saturday morning for the Salvation Army and St Vincent de Paul. Guido and a group of friends would meet at the RACV Club and use surplus food accumulated over the week to cook savoury pastries.
+Steven Kolt, a Jewish Aid Australia member, knew of the work of City Harvest, an organisation that rescues food for the needy of New York City. As a result, Melbourne City Harvest began in 2001, rescuing food that would otherwise be wasted. Prepared meals were collected from function halls and catering venues.
-One Umbrella then lobbied for the creation of [[Victoria]]’s "Good Samaritan Act" which provides legal protection to those who act in good faith by donating food to charities.
+In late 2001, Melbourne City Harvest and One Umbrella decided to merge.
-In 2008, One Umbrella changed its name to FareShare and for the first time, opened its own kitchen in [[Abbotsford, Victoria]].
+One Umbrella then lobbied for the creation of [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]'s "Good Samaritan Act" which provides legal protection to those who act in good faith by donating food to charities.
+In 2008, One Umbrella changed its name to FareShare and, for the first time, opened its own kitchen in [[Abbotsford, Victoria]].
+==See also==
+{{portal|Food}}
+* [[List of food banks]]
 ==External links==
-*[http://www.fareshare.com.au FareShare]
+* [http://www.fareshare.net.au FareShare]
 ==References==
-*[http://www.fareshare.com.au FareShare]
+* [http://www.fareshare.net.au FareShare]
+* [http://www.FeedMelbourne.Org.au Feed Melbourne fundraising campaign] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912060437/http://www.feedmelbourne.org.au/ |date=2009-09-12 }}
-*[http://bayside-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/more-than-200-000-go-hungry/ Feed Melbourne]
-*[http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24977372-662,00.html Fresh Fruit Prices Bite]
+* [http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/FareShare/59999486407 FareShare Facebook site]
-*[http://www.fareshare.net.au/userfiles/file/The%20Age%20Top%20100.pdf Melbourne Top 100]
+* [http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24977372-662,00.html Fresh Fruit Prices Bite]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091002154649/http://www.fareshare.net.au/userfiles/file/The%20Age%20Top%20100.pdf Melbourne Top 100]
-*[http://www.foodmag.com.au/Article/Free-food-draws-industry-support/432656.aspx Free Food Draws Industry Support]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090126100354/http://www.foodmag.com.au/Article/Free-food-draws-industry-support/432656.aspx Free Food Draws Industry Support]
-*[http://www.ausfoodnews.com.au/2008/11/28/food-charity-launches-calculator-measuring-environmental-benefits-of-donating-food.html Charity Launches Tool to Measure Environmental Benefits of Donating Food]
+* [http://www.ausfoodnews.com.au/2008/11/28/food-charity-launches-calculator-measuring-environmental-benefits-of-donating-food.html Charity Launches Tool to Measure Environmental Benefits of Donating Food]
-*[http://www.theage.com.au/environment/thinking-outside-the-bin-20081111-5mkm.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1 Thinking Outside the Bin]
+* [http://www.theage.com.au/environment/thinking-outside-the-bin-20081111-5mkm.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1 Thinking Outside the Bin]
+{{homelessness in Australia}}
 [[Category:Organizations established in 2001]]
-[[Category:Charities based in Australia]]
+[[Category:Food banks in Australia]]
-[[Category:Food-related organizations]]
+[[Category:Hunger relief organizations]]
-[[Category:Charities]]
+[[Category:Non-profit organisations based in Victoria (state)]]