Monday, October 31, 2011

France today - Cuts that threaten to starve European food aid

Published on Oct 31, 2011 by
http://www.euronews.net/ Every morning, Arnaud Langlais and his team scour the stalls at the biggest wholesale fruit and vegetable market in Europe, Rungis in France.

Their main aim is to gather unsold produce, and distribute it to the poor.

"We go to the wholesalers, we take palettes for nothing, we sort them and hand them out," Langlais said. "Right now it's a bit hit-and-miss. There are days when we get lots of produce, and others when there's less. We have to buy anything that we can't get free from the wholesalers."

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