Food Rescue

The Food Rescue Market (De Voedselkringloop) is an initiative of De Kaskantine that aims to reduce food waste, and is entirely volunteer run.
We primarily rescue fruits, vegetables, bread, and dry goods. Our Food Savers pick up food from our partner suppliers that would otherwise be thrown away, sort it, and then distribute it at our market, which is open to anyone who is interested.

We use a lottery system to organize the food distribution. The Food Rescue Market is held every Friday from 18:00 until all the food is gone.

Please note that we cannot predict the amount of food available or the number of attendees.

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Volunteering as a Food Saver ?

Volunteering
We are seeking dedicated volunteers who are willing to commit to our project to reduce food waste for a longer period of time.

Our volunteers play a crucial role in turning this vision into a reality. If you are interested in getting involved locally and making a difference in reducing food waste, we would love to hear from you.

We also provide opportunities to learn more about the ways to avoid food waste. The more volunteers we have, the greater impact we can make in saving food. If you're interested in joining us, please fill out the contact form below. More information about volunteering...

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Become a partner by donating your surplus food! 

We believe part of the solution to food waste is small scale, local and community-based redistribution, therefore we are currently looking to partner up with more local businesses in the neighborhood. When it comes to fresh produce and small amounts of food, large scale logistics simply don’t work as efficiently as the local approach. By donating food to Kaskantine, small businesses can improve the environment by saving food which would otherwise be wasted, while reducing transport emissions because it is brought to a local distributor. So, if your local business is interested in donating surplus food, we can get you started by addressing one basic question:

What is considered food that can be donated (food surplus)?

• perishable and non-perishable food that is near or past its THT date
• incorrectly weighed or measured food products that can no longer be sold,
• incorrectly labeled food, damaged or imperfect food products of which the safety is not compromised
• oversupplied food items and out dated promotional or seasonal items, 
• food that does not comply with aesthetic norms but that still complies with health regulations AND does not need cooling
• are all possibly fit for donation!

Food that we can NOT process

• food with TGT date
• products that need cooling
  
• quantities beyond our capacity (more than 30 crates)
  
• We donot accept food from private households

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Kaskantine's approach to food waste

The broader aim of the project is to contribute to the circular economy of the neighborhood, and to make citizens “future proof” by closing resource loops. In the EU, around 88 million tonnes of food waste are generated annually with associated costs estimated at 143 billion euro's (FUSIONS, 2016), about 30% of the originally produced food.
Wasting food is not only an ethical and economic issue but it also depletes the environment of limited natural resources. Reducing food waste helps to achieve Sustainable Development Goals and, on top of that, it enables us to:

• support the fight against climate change (food waste alone generates about 8% of global greenhouse gas missions)
• save nutritious food for redistribution to those in need, helping to eradicate hunger and malnutrition (some 43 million people in the EU cannot afford a quality meal every second day)
• save money for farmers, companies and households. 
  

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