Welcome back to the All Things Food podcast. This week host Nickie Hursthouse speaks with Tessa Vincent. Tessa has a law and politics background but has found her passion lies in reducing food waste. 

After working for judges, MPs and a Minister, she left Parliament to set up NZ Food Waste Champions 12.3. This organisation’s mission is to halve food waste by 2030 in New Zealand. 

Tessa is passionate about food waste reduction as it is a tangible way we can resolve climate change - food waste accounts for 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

This episode was recorded before Tessa left for the UK where she is studying public policy at Oxford University. 

This episode covers: 

• Food waste and climate change
• How much money NZ families lose when they waste food
• Food waste vs food rescue
• Food packaging as a double edged sword
• Individual and organisational action on food waste

There are so many resources to get started with reducing food waste at home and within your workplace. Tessa refers to a number of organisations which are all listed here:

• NZ Food Waste Champions 12.3
• Kaibosh
• Kiwi Harvest
• Love Food Hate Waste
• Aotearoa Food Rescue Alliance
• World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

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