{"id":12009,"date":"2017-05-31T06:33:17","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T20:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=12009"},"modified":"2017-05-31T06:33:17","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T20:03:17","slug":"solar-power-food-rescue-mb0059","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-power-food-rescue-mb0059\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Power Funding For Food Rescue Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Australian Federal Government is providing $1.2 million in funding to assist food rescue groups reduce their energy costs and boost their food storage capabilities.<\/p>\n

The funding is being provided over two years under the Food Rescue Charities Program, the fulfilment of a Turnbull government re-election promise made last year.<\/p>\n

2 million people seek food relief in Australia each year and 43,000 are turned away every month; some of that due to food rescue groups having insufficient resources to keep and distribute food.<\/p>\n

While the food these groups receive may be “free”, collecting, storing and distributing it is a costly exercise – and one of those major expenses is electricity.<\/p>\n

The groups to benefit from the first tranche of funding are:<\/p>\n