France pledges €60million in 'sustainable' national food aid in 2023
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- 04 Nov 2022
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France is to spend €60million on ‘sustainable’ food aid projects in 2023, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has said, including ‘national networks’ and local initiatives. It could also help to develop a food cheque scheme.
The plans will enable the “most vulnerable” people in France to access “good quality food” via a “long-term food aid fund” from next year, the PM said during a visit to a food bank in Reims, Marne.
By ‘sustainable’ (in French durable) Ms Borne was referring to fresh, high-quality food, especially when produced in people’s local areas and not involving a lot of environmentally-unfriendly transport costs.
She was accompanied on her visit by Solidarity Minister Jean-Christophe Combe and the Social Economy Junior Minister Marlène Schiappa.
Ms Borne said: “[We want] to support the main national projects, so that they can buy more quality and fresh products. We also want to support initiatives like those we have seen this morning in local areas, for example, to buy quality foods for our food banks and associations that work in food aid.” Read More...
