A food coop in Falmouth has rallied to support families during the pandemic thanks to the financial support of local people's donations and volunteer time.

Housing association LiveWest has also stepped in with a £500 grant for Falmouth Food Coop - a local food co-operative which enables people to buy food from local farmers and suppliers and encourages the connection between people, food, and community.

Since March 2020, Falmouth Food Coop Kitchen has been providing food for people who need it most through the delivery of nutritious hot meals.

At the end of 2020, they signed the lease on ten acres of land near St Gluvias Church, within walking distance from the town centre with a vision that the community field will provide another link in the chain enabling people who receive food from the kitchen to come and be involved in the production.

Tallulah, a volunteer from Falmouth Food Coop said:

"The Love Land Community field project is an amazing opportunity for our whole community to come together. We really want to make it as accessible as possible and offer workshops that get everyone involved in growing, working with local schools too so that kids can come up and learn to grow food as well as prepare great food. The pandemic is showing us how fragile our system of food is and that it is still important everyone is still able to choose where their food comes from."

With food poverty becoming a day-to-day reality for more and more people in Cornwall and parents skipping meals in order to make ends meet, organisations like Falmouth Food Coop are playing a key role in supporting families experiencing food poverty.

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