Community group gathers unpicked blackberries for local households

A community group in the UK is gathering blackberries that would otherwise go unpicked and sharing them with households on low incomes, according to the group. The effort was highlighted in a BBC video published on Wednesday.

The group says the fruit is being collected from places where it would likely be left behind and then redistributed locally. It says the aim is to make use of food that might otherwise go to waste while helping families facing tighter budgets.

The BBC report did not give details on how much fruit has been collected or where the scheme operates. It also did not say how long the group has been running the effort.

The video forms part of BBC Business coverage of small-scale responses to food waste and household costs in the UK.