Harvest time at Lincoln Foodbank

With autumn well upon us, and September been and gone, we wanted to take the opportunity to talk about the topic of harvest.

In the agricultural county of Lincolnshire, food shapes our landscape. Or does our landscape shape food? Known for our flat lands and rich earth, Lincolnshire produces vast amounts of food for the entire country.

Enough to self-sustain, you may say, but still we see people in our city and county suffering from food poverty. How do we help stop this?

Ultimately, prevention is better than the cure. So can we help to educate on how utilise what we have at our disposal? Yes, we can. And doing so means we can pass on skills that may otherwise become lost over generations, like how to make the most of what’s “left in the cupboards/fridge”.

Understanding not only what we can create from what we have, but how much that costs, what benefits it can give us, is a great source of knowledge.

What better way to begin this educational process than to teach our future generations, our children of today, on harvest, and the importance of food. This time of year gives us the opportunity to hear from, and deliver to, children in schools, passing on our experiences and tell them all about our world. Unfortunately, a world in which food banks now exist. With the hope that we can enable them to make consciously good choices for our planet and our health and well-being. To be resourceful and sustainable.

Not only this, but to show awareness and empathy for those less fortunate, who, for many reasons may find themselves in times of hardship, crisis, and desperation. To be able to explain to children what happens at our food banks and the way in which we want to support those in need. Because nobody deserves to go hungry.

This is where we can be hugely influential and inspiring, giving our time (by volunteering), or our finance (donations) to help support our cause and keep the people of Lincoln in need, fed.

With the end of harvest, come darker nights drawing in and less daylight, and focus turns to Christmas. Colder temperatures see more people struggle to heat their homes, pay for rising fuel costs and make conscious choices on whether to eat OR stay warm. Eating…or heating…this should not be a choice but a right, to have both! Two basic human rights needs of warmth and food.

Our community of volunteers and donors are fantastic, and we are grateful for you all, and we’d love to hear from more of you. Whether you’re a staff member at school who’d like to raise awareness of harvest and Foodbank, a local business looking to support a local charity, or an individual who knows someone affected by poverty wanting to give back and volunteer with us, we would greatly appreciate you getting in touch. By doing and giving even just a little, can mean so much. Together, it becomes alot.

We cannot do this alone. But together we are stronger. Together we can stop Lincoln’s hunger.

To find out more about the Lincoln Foodbank Project Click here.

If you would like to speak to anyone about Harvest festival at Lincoln Foodbank email foodbank@actstrust.org.uk

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