Keep up momentum on food waste reduction
May was a huge month for food waste reduction, with more people than ever taking part in an Every Bite programme online or through their local hub. If you're looking for ways to keep building on what you've learned, here are some ideas and opportunities from around Aotearoa to help you stay inspired.
Watch one or all of Para Kore’s ‘Learning Bites’ series
At the time of writing, there were great sessions on preserving kai, foraging kai, local kai mapping, and restoring Māori kai systems. For each, you can complete a short self-directed activity, and/or scroll down to watch a full webinar replay.
Check out your local app options
Apps like ‘Foodprint’ and ‘Gone Good’ help connect customers with food retailers looking to move unsold food at a discount. In practice, this may just enable the purchase of more treats than previously planned, but eating treats while reducing food waste seems like a win-win. Check them out in your device’s app store.
Try Waste-Free with Kate’s subtitled courses
Waste-Ed with Kate are helping more communities access practical food waste education in Fijian, Samoan, Tongan, Hindi and Mandarin. Their free subtitled courses make it easy to share simple food-saving tips with your whānau and community.
Visit Love Food Hate Waste regularly
The go-to team for waste-busting recipes and tips continue releasing great content, so head to the site to search for ideas for hundreds of ingredients. We liked ‘Five meals you can make in 5 minutes.’
Explore Kai Commitment’s food waste ecosystem map
This team has been busy revising the food ecosystem map. Most relevant for food businesses, sustainability organisations, researchers, and policy makers, it’s an interactive digital resource that visualises the landscape of food waste reduction actors and helps people connect.