Oddbox is a London-based box scheme that works directly with farmers and growers to take their wonky and surplus produce – so food that might otherwise have gone to waste - then deliver them straight to their members’ doors at a price that’s f

Feedback - Ranking supermarkets on reducing food waste

Jul 31st, 2018 43m 46s

In this episode of the Food Is Wasted podcast, I’ll be speaking to Christina O’Sullivan from Feedback – a London-based organisation running several campaigns related to food waste – such as the Gleaning Network and the Pig Idea – both of which

Selina Juul - Denmark's food waste champion

Jul 17th, 2018 37m 5s

When I was over in Copenhagen last year for a few days, I got in touch with Selina Juul – founder of the organisation Stop Wasting Food - to see if she would be willing and able to be interviewed, and she very kindly said she was. The day we ar

Bubble and Squeak - A social enterprise run by school children

Jul 3rd, 2018 37m 8s

In this episode I speak to some of the children who run the social enterprise Bubble and Squeak, at their school in West London - selling surplus food in the school playground and to the local community. The initiative is led by around 400 chil

Chef Tom Hunt - Promoting 'Root to Fruit' eating

Jun 19th, 2018 17m 22s

This podcast is a brief interview I conducted with the chef Tom Hunt. Tom is not just an award-winning chef and restaurant owner, but also a food writer, sustainability consultant and campaigner, as well as author of the book The Natural Cook.

Seedling - Reducing Food Waste through Vertical Farming and Aquaponics

Apr 19th, 2017 50m 53s

In this episode, I'm speaking to Travis Andren from Seedling in Philadelphia, in the United States - an organisation working on bringing efficient forms of urban-based, vertical farming and aquaponics into the mainstream. A lot of the focus on

Pete Pearson - Director of WWF US food waste campaign

Mar 29th, 2017 30m 31s

In this episode I'm speaking to Pete Pearson - Director of food waste at the World Wildlife Fund’s US offices. WWF is an international NGO working in over 100 countries - focusing on conservation and minimising the impact we humans have on the

Food for Soul - Promoting social awareness about food waste and hunger

Mar 22nd, 2017 41m 35s

In this episode I'm speaking to Cristina Reni from Food for Soul - an organisation based in Italy, set up by the chef Massimo Bottura, who runs the number one restaurant in the world. The organisation aims to encourage public and private organi

Elysia - Meals and catering using surplus food from local artisans

Mar 15th, 2017 21m 56s

In this episode I'm speaking to Sophie from Elysia - a new start-up social enterprise which buys food that would otherwise have gone to waste from various local, artisan suppliers at a discounted rate, and uses them to create meals to order, as

Margaret Ritchie MP, of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

Feb 21st, 2017 14m 30s

In this episode I'm speaking to Margaret Ritchie MP - Member of Parliament for South Down in Northern Ireland, and a member of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee. In the previous episode I'd said I would be publishing a second SO

SOS NI - Rescuing fresh food and redistributing to those in need

Jan 18th, 2017 22m 50s

In this episode I'm speaking to Pete Loughins from SOS Northern Ireland's Food Programme, which gathers food and other goods from supermarkets that would otherwise go to waste, and redistributes them to other non-profit organisations which are

Fruta Feia - Giving farmers a fair price for their wonky veg

Dec 26th, 2016 12m 23s

In this episode I'm speaking to a couple of people from Fruta Feia a co-operative with hubs around Portugal, that buys food from farmers that has been rejected by the retailers they supply, and would otherwise have gone to waste - selling this

ReFood - Hyperlocal food rescue and redistribution

Nov 11th, 2016 40m 46s

In this episode I'm speaking to Hunter Halder, founder of the ReFood movement in Portugal. Hunter is originally from the US, but has lived in Lisbon for many years. In the 5 years that ReFood has existed, it has gone from 1 volunteer to 4,000,

ChicP - Hummus from surplus vegetables

Nov 11th, 2016 17m 59s

This first episode of the podcast - which was recorded just before Christmas, hence the references to Brussel sprouts and the festive season - introduces the work of Hannah McCollum who founded ChicP - a company that gathers food that would oth

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