S1 Ep2: Food Waste- What The Fork?

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May 26, 2019 • 36 mins

Welcome back to Climate Queens! This month we are exploring FOOD WASTE and the journey of our food from farm to fork. Have you heard of Food Waste before? Did you know that there is a difference between food waste and food loss? We will be chatting all about this and so much more. Grab your cup of tea or coffee and settle in as we explore some great tips on how to be smart with your shopping & how you can reduce your food waste with our three simple steps, which will be your new BFF!

Ireland is now the second country to declare a climate emergency after the UK:

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/ireland-declares-climate-emergency-things-will-deteriorate-rapidly-unless-we-move-very-swiftly-38098129.html

Greta Thunberg graced the cover of time magazine:

http://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2019/5567758/greta-thunberg/

7 million acres of land were saved in the amazon rainforest:

https://www.upworthy.com/millions-of-acres-of-rainforest-saved-a-tiny-amazon-tribe-just-defeated-big-oil-in-a-historic-lawsuit

ONE THIRD of food is wasted globally every single year:

http://www.fao.org/save-food/resources/keyfindings/en/

If food waste were a country it would be the third largest ommiter of green-house gases - after the USA and China.

http://www.fao.org/3/a-bb144e.pdf

Over 800 million people experiencing chronic undernourishment and food poverty:

https://www.worldhunger.org/world-hunger-and-poverty-facts-and-statistics/

2017 stats 1 in 8 people experience food poverty in ireland

https://food.cloud/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Annual-Report.pdf

Updated to 1 in 11: https://food.cloud/the-problem/

1 million tonnes of food is wasted in Ireland every year:

https://www.dccae.gov.ie/en-ie/environment/topics/sustainable-development/waste-prevention-programme/Pages/Stop-Food-Waste0531-7331.aspx

Equivalent to filling Croke Park:

http://voiceireland.org/our-work/food-waste/

The difference between food loss and food waste:

http://www.fao.org/food-loss-and-food-waste/en/

40% Food Loss & 40% Food Waste:

https://ec.europa.eu/food/safety/food_waste/stop_en

16% of crops wasted in UK: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/fruit-vegetables-food-waste-farms-uk-birmingham-manchester-feedback-a8220171.html

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