date:May 31, 2016
e course of the three-year campaign to get people involved in combatting food waste. The first of these is the Great Persimmon Rescue in the Waikato on Sunday 5 June.
Waikato Councils will work with volunteers and Community Fruit Harvesting to pick 20 tonnes of persimmons that would otherwise be left to rot in the orchard. The fruit, along with information on how to store and eat it, will be distributed to food banks in the region. Countdown is supporting the initiative by supplying a tr