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The Gleaning Network, part of Feedback Global, is just one of the great initiatives documented for the Food Is project. The video shows work from 3 gleaning sessions – where on each occasion a dedicated team of volunteers came together to glean around 2-2.5 tonnes of fruit or veg.
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With 20-40% of food produced on farms not actually fulfilling its destiny – being left to rot into the ground or on the trees upon which it was grown, rather than consumed by us humans, it raises real concerns about the sustainability and the impact of such a flawed system.
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Supermarkets imposing ridiculous and wholly unnecessary cosmetic standards are known to be one of the main causes of perfectly edible food going to waste at a farm level.
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We are all conscious on some level of the amount of food we waste – edible or otherwise, within our own home, and aware that there is avoidable food waste generated by supermarkets and the wider, urban-based commercial, catering and hospitality sectors. But what about on the farms?
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Oddbox is a London-based box scheme that works directly with farmers and growers to take their wonky and surplus produce – so food that might otherwise have gone to waste – then deliver them straight to their members’ doors at a price that’s fair for both the farmer and their members.
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In this episode of the Food Is Wasted podcast, I’ll be speaking to Christina O’Sullivan from Feedback – a London-based organisation running several campaigns related to food …
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In this episode I speak to some of the children who run the social enterprise Bubble and Squeak, at their school in West London – selling surplus food in the …
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Some forward-thinking individuals are turning food that might otherwise go to waste, into a source of revenue – here’s why…
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Cabbages from a farm in Kent rejected by the supermarket the farmer supplies due to strict cosmetic standards – in this case for being too big! They were harvested by members of the Gleaning Network – an organisation which mobilises volunteers to visit local farms post-harvest, and gather food that would otherwise be left to rot.
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Cabbages from a farm in Kent rejected by the supermarket the farmer supplies due to strict cosmetic standards – in this case for being too big! They were harvested by members of the Gleaning Network – an organisation which mobilises volunteers to visit local farms post-harvest, and gather food that would otherwise be left to rot.
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