Vier Millionen Kilo Kartoffeln suchen ein neues Zuhause
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cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/24096590

Vier Millionen Kilo Kartoffeln suchen ein Zuhause

Vier Millionen Kilo Kartoffeln zu verschenken

"Der Plan ist simpel: Ecosia finanziert den Transport von Sachsen nach #Berlin. Die Berliner Morgenpost hilft, die kostenlose Verteilung zu organisieren.

Wir suchen dafür Verteilstellen in der ganzen Stadt: Kirchengemeinden, Schulen, Sportvereine, Nachbarschaftsinitiativen, soziale Einrichtungen oder Privatleute. Jede Abnahmestelle erhält eine Tonne der Kartoffeln, kostenlos, zum Verteilen an alle, die sie gebrauchen können (Sorte Agria, festkochend)."

  • phneutral@feddit.orgOP
    52·
    5 days ago

    Automatic translation:

    Try to imagine a quantity of four million kilograms of potatoes. Four million kilograms - that’s 4000 tons, the weight of 800 adult elephants, stacked as high as the Berlin TV Tower. It’s a lot that could fill hundreds of thousands of people.

    These potatoes are stored in the halls of a farm south of Leipzig, neatly sorted, cool and dry, best food quality. And they have a problem: no one wants them.

    The story of these potatoes is a story about the absurdities of our food system. A trader had ordered the harvest, but when the potatoes were harvested and stored, it was clear: the supply on the market is greater than the demand. The market price had fallen, the offer too big. What is no longer profitable for trade becomes a burden for the producer. Financially, everything was settled, but the potatoes remained.

  • lurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    12·
    5 days ago

    i can’t believe they were unable to find a regular buyer. potatos don’t spoil fast and are so good.

    i had potato dishes/snacks three times this week alone and look forward to have some on the weekend as well.

  • julianwgs@discuss.tchncs.de
    4·
    4 days ago

    I think this is the right thing to do, but this will probably also lead to supermarkets needing to dispose some of their potatoes, because less people buy them and an above average of the free potatoes will probably go bad, because people will get more than they need. So I don‘t think every handed out free potato is a saved potato. Still it is the best option.

    There is not a lot you can do if you too much of something at that scale which doesn‘t last. Especially food where the consumption is pretty stable.

    • amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      7·
      4 days ago

      the obvious solution is for supermarkets to get punished for throwing away fresh produce while people are starving

      • julianwgs@discuss.tchncs.de
        2·
        3 days ago

        France has such a law and I am in favor of it.

        However that would probably not solve the problem at hand. Food production is a lengthy process (month to years) with high capacity utilization and once production has started it cannot be stopped. Therefore you cannot control for sudden fluctuation in supply and demand. The crop yield for potatoes this year was way better than expected leading to surplus in supply.

        I am not aware of anyone starving in Germany and shipping those potatoes to countries where that happens would probably not feasible (in other words with the same money you could probably get better help elsewhere).

        • amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          6·
          3 days ago

          I am not aware of anyone starving in Germany

          tell me you are rich and sheltered without telling me you are rich and sheltered

    • phneutral@feddit.orgOP
      6·
      4 days ago

      As far as I understand some NGOs (notably the Berlin Tafel, which provides food for people in need) are taking a portion of the potatoes. But their capacities are limited as well.