Food Banks Norway is a network of Food Banks that redistributes surplus food from food industry to non-profit organizations that help disadvantaged people.
Through our work, we help both the food industry to reduce food waste, and nonprofit organizations to help people in need.
The network has 7 Food Banks that cover Norway from North to South. Matsentralen Oslo was established in September 2013, Matsentralen Tromsø in 2016 and Matsentralen Vestland in 2017. In 2018, Matsentralen Trondheim and Matsentralen Rogaland opened. In 2019, Matsentralen Sør and Matsentralen Vestfold & Telemark opened. We are now working on the opening of Matsentralen Inlandet in 2020.
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The food banks receive surplus food from the food industry. These is foods that, for various reasons, cannot be sold, but can be safely eaten.
More than 300 nonprofit organizations use the food for serving meals and/ or handing out food boxes to people in need.
The food is sorted and stored at our warehouses and picked up by nonprofit organizations that help the disadvantaged.
The food reaches those that need it the most. This way Food Banks Norway gives people, food and the environment a new chance.
Food Banks Norway collaborates with more than 300 nonprofit organizations that help us redistribute food to reach those who need it most. Many of the organizations are part of umbrella orgasnizations such as The Salvation Army, The Blue Cross, or The Church City Mission. We also collaborate with local players such as the Care Café in Trondheim, Open Hands for You in Rogaland or Osterøyhjelpen in Bergen. In addition to a hot meal or a bag of groceries, the nonprofit organizations offer a variety of measures to help people out of their difficult situation as for example, medical treatment, education or job guidance. On our Food Map you can find more information about these organizations and their initiatives.
Food MapFood Banks Norway contributes to 7 of the 17 UN's Sustainability Goals - the world's common work plan to eradicate poverty, fight inequality and stop climate change by 2030. Read more about how our work helps the authorities and the food industry to achieve these goals.
Matsentralen i Vestfold og Telemark har en avtale med Den Magiske Fabrikken om å kunne levere det lille vi får av matavfall gratis hos dem, mot at vi ordner oss selv. På den måten går matavfall inn i et sirkulært kretsløp der det kommer til nytte i produksjon av blant annet Biogass og CO2. I tillegg til vårt matavfall, tar anlegget imot matavfall fra1,2 millioner mennesker i Norge. Det vil si at om det blir matavfall hos Matsentralen Oslo vil det også ende opp her i Den Magiske fabrikken.
Les hele saken >Under utbruddet av Covid-19-pandemien i Norge ble både matvaresystemet og fattigdommen dramatisk påvirket. Landets matsentraler hadde en nøkkelrolle i Norge i f.t. dette, ved å være en effektiv samarbeidspartnere for reduksjon av matsvinn og samtidig sørge for at vanskeligstilte fikk mat. En ny rapport fra Matsentralen Norge beskriver noen av utfordringene og mulighetene til både matsentralene og deres samarbeidsorganisasjoner under koronakrisen.
Les hele saken >I april ble pilotprosjektet Matsentralen Kjøkken igang gjennom et samarbeid mellom Matsentralen Oslo og Unikum. For Matsentralen handler det om i første rekke å redusere matsvinn og fattigdom, for Unikum arbeidsinkludering og å skape arbeidsplasser. Drivkraften bak prosjektet er en enighet om at vi kan gjøre en langt større og bedre innsats sammen, enn hver for oss. I tillegg handler det om en felles innsats for å bistå en sårbar gruppe med ferdigprodusert mat.
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