Kaivolution Food Rescue

$20 donated

Given by 3 generous donors in 25 days

Kaivolution needs help to keep its wheels in motion. All money raised will fund Kaivolution’s operations and build its capacity.

Waikato

Kaivolution needs help to keep its wheels in motion.

All money raised will fund Kaivolution’s operations and build its capacity, including enabling the employment of more van drivers and allowing us to operate from larger food sorting facilities.

Kaivolution provides a waste minimisation and food redistribution service. Food that is good enough to eat but not good enough to sell is collected from more than 15 food retailers and 6 supermarkets across the city, and there are a number of supermarkets waiting to sign up. Since it was established, Kaivolution has rescued 200 tonnes of food, and has distributed it to over 65 charitable organisations throughout the Waikato.

We are experiencing considerable demand for our food rescue service, but in order to respond we need more operational funding and a larger food sorting centre.

About us

Kaivolution is a food rescue service operated by the Waikato Environment Centre. Kaivolution rescues food "good enough to eat but not good enough to sell" from over 40 food organisations and redistributes this to over 60 charities from around the Waikato including charities in Hamilton, Huntly, Morrinsville, Tokoroa, Raglan, Te Kuiti and Thames. Since it's inception in October 2014, Kaivolution has rescued 200 tonnes of food, with our monthly food rescue equating to 31,428 meals in our community per month.