Food For Our Future Campaign
join us for the campaign launch
with the screening OF award-winning film ‘just eat it’
saturday 24th october 2020, 5:30 pm GMT
Followed by a Live zoom panel discussion ‘Whose responsibility is sustainability?’
Tickets for the screening and discussion available for free now!
food for our future - take part
Join in the Challenge from Monday 26th October 2020
If we all stopped wasting bananas for a year it would have the same impact on C02 emissions as planting 790,000 trees.
Food For Our Future
Why is reducing food waste so important to climate change?
The fight on food waste has a crucial part to play in the solution to the climate emergency.
Even though food production uses a vast amount of resources, sadly we still waste 4.5 million tonnes of edible food each year in households in the UK. Just in Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire over 10,000 tonnes of edible food was thrown away by households last year.
Every food item thrown away contributes to climate change and not only is this having a negative effect on the environment it also wastes money. Overall, the average UK family wastes £720 per year in food.
What ImPact Can YouR Household Have?
During lockdown national food waste statistics were at their lowest for years according to figures from WRAP UK, we want to support you in keeping and building on these good habits!
Making simple changes to your household food shopping and cooking habits can really help reduce your carbon footprint.
Small tasks such as turning old bananas into banana bread, taking time to write a shopping list or even take a #shelfie can help make a huge difference to climate change.
If we all stop throwing away good food and drink we could save the equivalent of 17 million tonnes of carbon dioxide each year, equivalent to taking 1 in 4 cars off the road. The power is in our hands!
Sign up to the challenge
Sign up to the Food For Our Future Challenge starting on 26th October 2020 here.
The challenge will support you in reducing your household food waste through online cookery demos, zero waste recipes, home composting tips, storytelling and more.
It couldn’t be easier to take part. You simply weigh your kitchen food waste over 3 days at the start and end of the challenge and send us your results!
We will then calculate the carbon emissions saved.
