Richard Burke: Horticulture expert on Kiwis wasting a reported 282 tonnes of broccoli each year - The Mike Hosking Breakfast

Do you eat the stems of your broccoli?

Well apparently a lot of us don't - about a third of Kiwis throw them away making around 282 tonnes of broccoli waste each year.

That waste is combined with the more than $3 billion worth of food thrown out by Kiwis yearly.

Leaderbrand CEO Richard Burke joined Mike Hosking to discuss.

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