Volunteers racing to save surplus Silverstone food

Volunteers racing to save surplus Silverstone foodImage source, Towcester Community LarderImage caption, Towcester Community Larder said the donations included some "weird and wonderful" foodByAlex PopePublishedJust nowWhen there are 564,000 fans packed in to see the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, it can mean a lot of uneaten food goes to waste. But not when about 50 volunteers from the Towcester Community Larder, in Northamptonshire, spring into action.Last year they carried out a number of pit stops to collect 32 tonnes of unused food, and this year they were in pole position to do the same again. Since Sunday they have raced to save 15 tonnes of food and the larder's Katie Steele expects the large collection of "weird and wonderful" items to continue to go up its leader board of donations.Image source, Towcester Community LarderImage caption, Volunteers have been working since Sunday to collect the food and are set to continue until ThursdayThe community larder offers a membership scheme whereby the surplus produce can be bought at discounted rates, and Steele said the volunteers had been trying to "save as much food from the bin as possible". "When you've got that many people coming through the doors inevitably there is stuff that is destined for the bin, unless we can step in and rescue it."She said it was the sixth year they had undertaken the task at the circuit, which had the largest race weekend attendance in history for a Formula 1 event this year. Steele said they had finished sorting the first load of food at about 01:00 BST on Monday before returning to the circuit just a few hours later. The pick-ups are expected to continue until Thursday.Image source, Towcester Community LarderImage caption, A variety of mushrooms are now available from the community larder"We need to get the food out as soon as we can before it perishes," Steele said."We have lots of lettuce and salad items but als...