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BIRD’S WORDS

A tremendous amount of energy goes into trying to get food into the mouths of the poorest. I witnessed it last week when the King launched his Coronation Food Project at a South Oxford programme called SOFEA, which has grown out of its Oxford beginnings to other parts of the Home Counties.

There gathered to meet the King were dozens of volunteers, users of the services, supermarket chiefs and food providers. All wishing to stem the colossal waste which has befallen food production and distribution. To streamline and promote efficiency to ensure that what is made

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