You are correct :)

Left IT to become a machinist… Best decision of my life (38).

Pretty sure those things you mentioned would be fine. My parents have a small vegetable garden for their own use and the rest of the 50% requirement are berry bushes and fruit trees.

It’s not a harsh requirement that 50% needs to be crops or produce. Just any kind of food producing plant / tree will do.

Some of our neighbours have received help with food from somewhere before, and it was all stuff that had reached its “best before” (parasta ennen) date. So I’m not sure if they somehow got around the liability thing.

Imo the best before date is mostly bullshit anyway, its a date until which the food’s quality is guaranteed by the manufacturer, but will still be edible for a while after the date has passed. It is in my opinion absolute insanity that this food is thrown away, it should be possible for food that has just passed this date to be donated to the needy.