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Solar panels for Melbourne's first pay-as-you-feel rescued food market
Sustainable energy source for volunteer-run, community based 'Inconvenience Store'
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Suggested by: Amelia
Project partner: Lentil As Anything (LAA)
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Northern Metro
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Lentil As Anything (LAA) has started a food rescue program, 'Food Without Borders', and has since set up a pay-as-you-feel grocery store to offer the food it rescues to the community. 'The Inconvenience Store', based in the Thornbury LAA restaurant, stocks rescued food that is accessible to all. As a not-for-profit community organization, we often struggle to fund operational costs. We need to find new ways of running our new cooling/storage facilities, and solar-panels would significantly reduce electricity costs and enable us to continue serving wholesome and ethical food, while furthering LAA's community/environmentally-friendly mission.
The 'Inconvenience Store' provides ANYONE in the community access to produce, on the ‘pay-as-you-feel' model. This means that regardless of one's ability to pay, nutritious vegan food will be available to them. Our ongoing goals are: Opening our doors 7-days-a-week to the community; Making fruit and vegetables accessible to the 1 in 6 people experiencing food insecurity in the community (FoodBank, 2016); Having adequate refrigeration to rescue more food that would otherwise be sent to landfill; and the store being an educational hub to educate people on food waste, the environment, sustainable practices and conscious food consumption.
COMPLETED PROJECT
Project details
Suggested by: Amelia
Project partner: Lentil As Anything (LAA)
Region
Northern Metro
Budget
Votes
372 votes received
Spread the word
Before participating in Pick My Project please log in or register to YourSAy.
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A great deserving cause.Surely deserve to win.
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I really admire this community and everything what they do for the people, I love they dedication and what they give disinterested, I think this is one of the best projects and they deserve to win.
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This group is totally selfless. Lentil As has been around for a lot of years serving communities, and I have the highest admiration for them. Good luck to them. And a big thank you for creating The Inconvenience Store
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Great idea :)
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Who owns the building? Is LAA leases it, how long is the lease?
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Lentils is a fantastic business that gives back to the community. A very worthy cause and recipient of this project.
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Lentils has a seat for EVERYONE at the table. They need help to keep costs down so this is perfect
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Probably the most worthy cause there is 😍😍
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Very worthy community project. We need more like it!
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Couldn't think of a better business.
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So worthy!
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Love this project so much
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Love your work!
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A great community based initiative - extremely worthy of support! Well done LAA!
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hope it gets through! The Inconvenience store is brilliant :)
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this 1 deserves it most
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Fantastic idea which is destined for success. All the best.
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Best of all good intentions and PLEASE...Carry on!
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Florgio
15 Sep 2018
Great place that offers payable food, community vibes and a workplace for everyone.