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E043: Reducing Food Waste and Saving the Planet with Imperfect Produce
Did you know that one in five fruits and vegetables are considered too ugly for grocery stores, meaning that billions of pounds of fresh fruits and veggies every year never make it to a store and will most likely not get eaten? And more so, that actually 40 % of all food that is produced gets thrown away? And from an environmental point of view, the food we waste is responsible for roughly 8 percent of all global emissions. YIKES!
But, like with any alarming facts like these, there’s room for positivity and solutions. So get ready to learn a thing or two about food; how you can get better at making the most of what you buy, how to make sure you don’t shop too much in the first place, and how to support ways that those “ugly” produces find a home. According to Project Drawdown (scientific research led by Paul Hawken), reducing food waste is number 3 on the list of the 100 most efficient ways of reducing global warming, so step up your game and get to action with your food!
Reilly Brock is a content manager for Imperfect Produce, and amazing company that sources ugly and surplus fruits and vegetables that would be thrown away, and deliver them to people’s doors.
Some things we will cover in this episode with Reilly are:
- What you can do right now to help us move into a less wasteful food society
- Why you should “shop your fridge and pantry” before you make it to the store
- The beautiful challenge of buying “just enough”
- The science behind composting and why it is so important
- Why you should start pickling your food
- Learning how to experiment in the kitchen and how to use the whole part of your vegetable and fruit
Imperfect Produce and I really want you to try out this awesome service so they are offering all Hey Change listeners 40 % off their first box with the code HEYCHANGE - all in one word.
Check out Imperfect Produce at https://www.imperfectproduce.com
Follow them on Instagram for lots of tips and funny content: https://www.instagram.com/imperfectproduce/
If you like my show, please don’t forget to leave a quick review and subscribe on iTunes and make sure to follow me on Instagram for lots of positive Eco-Warrior tips and updates on the podcast: https://www.instagram.com/annetheresebengtsson/ - or find me via the hashtag #heychange
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Did you know that one in five fruits and vegetables are considered too ugly for grocery stores, meaning that billions of pounds of fresh fruits and veggies every year never make it to a store and will most likely not get eaten? And more so, that actually 40 % of all food that is produced gets thrown away? And from an environmental point of view, the food we waste is responsible for roughly 8 percent of all global emissions. YIKES!
But, like with any alarming facts like these, there’s room for positivity and solutions. So get ready to learn a thing or two about food; how you can get better at making the most of what you buy, how to make sure you don’t shop too much in the first place, and how to support ways that those “ugly” produces find a home. According to Project Drawdown (scientific research led by Paul Hawken), reducing food waste is number 3 on the list of the 100 most efficient ways of reducing global warming, so step up your game and get to action with your food!
Reilly Brock is a content manager for Imperfect Produce, and amazing company that sources ugly and surplus fruits and vegetables that would be thrown away, and deliver them to people’s doors.
Some things we will cover in this episode with Reilly are:
- What you can do right now to help us move into a less wasteful food society
- Why you should “shop your fridge and pantry” before you make it to the store
- The beautiful challenge of buying “just enough”
- The science behind composting and why it is so important
- Why you should start pickling your food
- Learning how to experiment in the kitchen and how to use the whole part of your vegetable and fruit
Imperfect Produce and I really want you to try out this awesome service so they are offering all Hey Change listeners 40 % off their first box with the code HEYCHANGE - all in one word.
Check out Imperfect Produce at https://www.imperfectproduce.com
Follow them on Instagram for lots of tips and funny content: https://www.instagram.com/imperfectproduce/
If you like my show, please don’t forget to leave a quick review and subscribe on iTunes and make sure to follow me on Instagram for lots of positive Eco-Warrior tips and updates on the podcast: https://www.instagram.com/annetheresebengtsson/ - or find me via the hashtag #heychange