Whether a school, business, community group or bunch of friends, you can run a food drive to help us source priority ingredients for our kitchen.
Our needs constantly change, so please contact us before you get started by emailing info@fareshare.net.au.
Our rescue vans will collect 100kg or more of priority ingredients from the Melbourne metro area.
Domestic household donations
Please note that only the following foods can be accepted from domestic households or businesses that are not registered food businesses:
- Penne pasta (high priority!)
- Tinned tomatoes (high priority!)
- Vegetable oil
- Dried herbs and spices
- White rice
- Dried chickpeas
- Dried cannellini and borlotti beans
- Mustard
- Tomato paste
These donations must also meet the following conditions:
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Be within use-by date or no more than six months past
best-before date - Have packaging intact and undamaged (with no signs of pest activity)
- Be fully labelled with all ingredients in English
We regret that FareShare cannot accept the following products from domestic households or businesses that are not registered food premises:
- Meat, poultry, fish or products containing them
- Refrigerated dairy products or products containing them
- Eggs
- Home grown vegetables or fruit