Budapest mayor would build a food processing plant for USD 1 million
Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony announced yesterday that the city would like to build a food processing plant to help all people in need. #gergelykaracsony #food #socialcare #bloombergphilantropies
Progressive, green Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony announced yesterday that the city would like to build a food processing plant to support inhabitants of the city’s social care institutions and all people in need with healthy dishes made of ingredients no longer marketable in the Budapest Wholesale Market.
A food processing plant can be built in Budapest
Mayor Gergely Karácsony announced yesterday that the leadership of Budapest applied to create a food processing plant at Budapest’s Wholesale Market in the city’s 23rd district (Soroksár). He said they would like to win 1 million American dollars for the project from the Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Karácsony said several ingredients become non-marketable due to different reasons. For example, their outlook is no longer desirable. However, such vegetables or fruits are still healthy and consumable.
Therefore, the leadership of the capital would like to build a food processing plant to use such ingredients to cook healthy dishes for people in need and the inhabitants of social care institutions.
Karácsony said that is how they would like to take a step towards the creation of a sustainable and socially committed Hungarian capital. He added they would like to reduce food waste and save healthy vegetables and fruits for consumption.
500 million tonnes for sale
“The Budapest Wholesale Vegetable and Fruit Market (Nagybani Piac) is Hungary’s largest market of producers and distributors. Six days a week, the inventory from producers and wholesalers meets the demand of retailers and non-Budapest wholesalers. Fresh vegetables, fruits, tropical fruits, mushrooms, eggs, honey, canned foods, preserved foods, confectionery products, pre-packaged meat products, dairy products and soft drinks are available for sale at the market all year round. The market is also open to retail consumers, however, sales are conducted only in commercial quantities“, they introduce the market on their official website.
Karácsony said that the yearly amount of food being purchased in Budapest’s markets reaches 500 million tonnes.
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