Food program launched for struggling families in Wilcannia

Posted March 28, 2014 07:24:28

Wilcannia has a new program aimed at providing nutritious, affordable food for the community.

The Bintha Murri Murri program is a cost recovery service that sources food from Sydney.

The coordinator Claudia Raddatz says food sourced is past its 'best before' date which means it's more affordable but still safe to eat.

"We get the food from Foodbank New South Wales, so you have about six months to use it," she said.

"These are the products that we're using and we're not the only community or the only organisation doing it, so it's very safe and this is why we can bring food below cost."

Ms Raddatz says customers pay $45 each week and receive nutritious grocery items.

She says they plan to create a community garden so a wider variety of vegetables can be offered.

"We provide people with the opportunity to have items below cost," she said.

"At the moment we can access some vegies, the ones that are hard, because they come from Sydney, so we cannot get things that are soft, things that people really want like tomatoes because they will be squashed.

"But if there is the community garden in town we can access those vegies and provide them in the Bintha Murri Murri program."

Topics: welfare, wilcannia-2836