Our work
What we do
The Neighbour’s Table is a student-run nonprofit. We ask farms one question, we introduce every yes to an organization that collects, and we record every outcome.
We ask
Students in each chapter build a list of the farm businesses in their assigned area from published sources, and ask each one whether it has produce this season that it cannot sell. Every week, in a standing session at lunch, the list gets longer and the record gets more complete.
Find out moreSurplus
Produce a farm grew and cannot sell: a contract cancelled, a market glut, a crop heavier than the buyer wanted. It is an ordinary part of farming.
Find out moreGrade-out, and why it matters
Produce that is good to eat and fails a size, shape or colour specification. Also ordinary. None of it is waste until somebody sends it to landfill.
Find out moreThen we introduce
When a farm says yes, the chapter gives it the published contact of a food bank or food rescue organization that collects with its own vehicle. The farm arranges the pickup directly.
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Advocacy is half the work. We argue for a food system that stops treating edible food as waste, and we point to sourced figures when we do it.
Find out moreThe record
Members record every contact and every outcome. The record is what makes a chapter repeatable, and it is what next year’s members inherit on their first day.
Find out moreFrom field to food bank
Every yes goes to an organization that collects with its own vehicle.
Grown this season
Food banks and food rescue organizations can collect produce that was grown this season and would otherwise be lost.
Find out moreGoal 12.3
Target 12.3 commits the world to halving food waste at retail and consumer levels and reducing food losses along production and supply chains by 2030.
Find out moreGoal 2
Zero Hunger commits to ending hunger and ensuring access by all people to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round, by 2030.
Find out moreAnd Goal 13
Climate Action. Food sent to landfill fed nobody and warmed the planet on the way out.
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