Welcome to the wonky carrot! This blog is a space for my own investigations, thoughts and experiences in looking into how food waste is degrading our planet and starving its people.
Food waste is the result of the incredibly unbalanced and inefficient systems of agriculture, food supply and food consumption.
The food that is wasted adds to greenhouse gas emissions, wastes dwindling resources, creates a large water footprint and converts hectares upon hectares of natural environment into intense monocultures. A disaster for the biodiversity that is expelled.
We require huge changes in industry practices and consumer buying habits to combat the annual waste of 30-50% of the 4 billion tonnes of food produced.
Here, I shall challenge my own wasteful habits, try to understand the complexity and scale of this global issue, and see what changes I can make in my life and that of people around me.
Save the wonky carrot. 