‘Rescued’ kiwifruit finds a good home 等外的猕猴桃找到了消费渠道 避免了浪费
NZ Food Network redistributes tonnes of nutritious fruit to food banks.新西兰食品网络将数吨营养水果重新分配给食品银行。
Kiwifruit is increasingly being used to help feed communities in need through the New Zealand Food Network (NZFN).
The country’s largest food support charity and national food rescue, New Zealand Food Network (NZFN) and its packhouse partners rescued and redistributed 160 tonnes of kiwifruit in 2024, and there continues to be growing demand for support to get healthy food into vulnerable New Zealand communities, said NZFN chief executive Gavin Findlay.
With the support of Zespri, NZFN is leading the charge to increase access to nutritious kai and reduce food waste in the agriculture sector.
猕猴桃正越来越多地通过新西兰食品网络（NZFN）用于帮助有需要的社区。
新西兰食品网络首席执行官加文·芬德利表示，该国最大的食品支持慈善机构和国家食品救援机构新西兰食品网络（NZFN）及其包装厂合作伙伴在2024年拯救并重新分配了160吨猕猴桃，对支持的需求继续增长，以使健康食品进入新西兰弱势社区。
在Zespri的支持下，新西兰国民阵线正在领导一项行动，以增加获得营养丰富的kai的机会，减少农业部门的食物浪费。
▲Red kiwifruit
“Fresh produce must pass through many hoops before it ends up on the supermarket shelves, such as needing to last long export journeys, or meeting quality standards – meaning some of the annual harvest doesn’t make the cut but is still good to eat,” said Findlay.
“With the help of our network of incredible organisations, we’re making sure that it’s going towards nourishing Kiwis who need it most.”
Kiwifruit is among the most nutrient-dense fruits available, with a single Gold kiwifruit providing an entire day’s worth of vitamin C.
芬德利说：“新鲜农产品在进入超市货架之前必须经过很多环节，比如需要长途出口，或者达到质量标准——这意味着一些年度收成虽然不达标，但仍然可以吃。”。
“在我们令人难以置信的组织网络的帮助下，我们正在确保它能够滋养最需要它的新西兰人。”
猕猴桃是目前营养最丰富的水果之一，一颗金猕猴桃可以提供一整天的维生素C。
▲‘Rescued’ kiwifruit
Since April, NZFN has already distributed kiwifruit to more than 80 organisations across the country. The popular Red kiwifruit started arriving at NZFN at the beginning of March from Seeka to be redistributed to its 65 nationwide Food Hubs, which support local organisations on the front lines. Around 150 bins of Red kiwifruit were processed. Gold kiwifruit processing and distribution is now underway.
自4月以来，NZFN已经向全国80多个组织分发了猕猴桃。受欢迎的红猕猴桃于3月初从Seeka开始抵达NZFN，然后重新分发到其65个全国性的食品中心，这些中心为前线的当地组织提供支持。大约加工了150箱红猕猴桃。黄金猕猴桃的加工和分销正在进行中。
Zespri head of global public affairs Michael Fox said the focus is always on getting as much growers’ fruit to market as possible but “we’re proud to work with NZFN to ensure that fresh and healthy kiwifruit which doesn’t quite meet our export standards but is still delicious and safe to eat, reaches those in need and makes a positive impact on our communities”.
Zespri全球公共事务负责人Michael Fox表示，我们的重点始终是让尽可能多的种植者的水果进入市场，但“我们很自豪能与NZFN合作，确保新鲜健康的猕猴桃——虽然不太符合我们的出口标准，但仍然美味安全——能够到达有需要的人手中，并对我们的社区产生积极影响”。
▲‘Rescued’ kiwifruit
The initiative comes as NZFN’s most recent Food Security Snapshot revealed that over half a million people are now being supported by NZFN’s Food Hubs every month, with about a third of monthly recipients never seeking food support before.
该倡议出台之际，新西兰国民阵线最新的《粮食安全快照》显示，目前每月有50多万人得到新西兰国民阵线粮食中心的支持，其中约三分之一的每月受助者以前从未寻求过粮食支持。
Yet alongside this increase in demand, the volumes of surplus donations have remained flat, causing many Food Hubs to reduce the size of food parcels or even turn away new recipients.
然而，随着需求的增加，剩余捐款的数量保持不变，导致许多食品中心减少了食品包裹的大小，甚至拒绝了新的接受者。
“Food insecurity remains a critical issue for many New Zealanders,” said Findlay.
“With many of our Food Hubs struggling with stock levels, collaboration between the private and public sector is important to plug those gaps in supply and ensure that good, nutritious produce is going to communities in need rather than ending up in the bin.”
芬德利说：“粮食不安全仍然是许多新西兰人的一个关键问题。”。
“由于我们的许多食品中心都在努力应对库存水平，私营和公共部门之间的合作对于填补这些供应缺口并确保优质、营养的农产品流向有需要的社区而不是最终进入垃圾桶非常重要。”
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