A linear economy In my podcast episode with Kristen Fuller from Toast Ale, she highlights that 44% of bread in the UK is wasted – this figure blew my mind! If seeing that figure didn’t result in a jaw drop, then perhaps this will, 20 million slices of bread are wasted every day in the …
What do we mean by food waste? Food waste refers to food discarded at the retail or consumer level of the food system, such as produce failing to meet size/shape standards required by retailers. Food loss occurs before the retail system, for example arising from inadequate storage or poor handling processes. When it comes to …
Joy Carey is a Sustainable Food Systems Planning Consultant and founding director of the Bristol Food Network. She manages to deliver insight into a complex subject, gets you thinking about where your food comes from and what happens to waste, and offers a take-home message that is accessible to all.
