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Nordic Food Waste Summit! 600,000 views! 💚
Princesses, politicians, food waste heroes all gathered under the same roof at the largest food waste conference in the Nordics so far. Some highlights: Filip Lundin shared how Sopköket is financially sustainable despite the time-consuming challenge of being circular, rescuing food, donating meals and creating jobs. He also highlighted our new free guide for professional kitchens to reduce food waste in collaboration with the Nordic Council of Ministers and EIT Food: greattastezerowaste.eu
Markus Wahlgren from Stora Coop Visby shared how he runs a supermarket with close to zero food waste! A journey that our partners ICA Kvantum Södermalm and Coop are also sharing. A cocktail of solutions and a motivating top-down corporate culture is key!
Selina Juul, one of our time's true food waste pioneers, shared her work with Stop Wasting Food in Denmark and internationally.
Rosa S. Rolle, food waste leader at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, shared various reasons for food waste in the food supply chain and their work to reduce food waste and hunger in the world. And FAO's and UNEP's shared responsibility for reducing food waste at UN level.
Karl at Matsmart shared their journey to create the world's first e-commerce for rescued dry foods, which is now growing rapidly in Europe with a large amount of reduced food waste from retail and their own spin-off products "Motatos".
Sharp-minded Matt Homewood shared concrete figures on food waste in the retail industry corporate level with specific examples of companies that have reduced waste and how.
Karin Lindow at the Swedish Board of Agriculture shared important new studies on how much food actually becomes food waste before it reaches the stores. Data that has largely been missing in Sweden before. For example, according to their study, 1/3 of all carrots becomes food waste before they reach stores due to breakage, wrong size, and mold. 8% of all slaughtered cows and 3% of all pork, as well as a large part of by-products such as blood and offal, are already wasted at the farmer. This is a smaller amount than carrots, but with a greater negative climate impact in the form of CO2 emissions. She provided concrete suggestions on how to reduce food waste in primary production. Perhaps we can consider a diet rich in iron and the comeback of blood pudding at the dinner table?
Other present leaders and food waste heroes included, among others, H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark. Rural Affairs Minister Peter Kullgren, Denmark's Minister for Food, Fisheries and Agriculture Jacob Jensen, Karen Ellemann, and Jonathan Eng at the Nordic Council of Ministers, Karin Fritz, Director General of the National Food Agency, as well as leaders from Coop, Arla, Lidl, Orkla, Fazer, Axfood, ICA, and many, many more.
The food was served by our friends at K-märkt with Jens Dolk, and the conference was organized by sustainability queen Åsa Sandberg The entire broadcast is saved, see the link in the comments.
Much more needs to be done! 40% of all food in the world is wasted as food waste, corresponding to 10% of all the world's CO2 emissions. We need to become better at collaborating, sharing information, and adapting legislation. Let this be the start for fast action and more collaboration. Together, we can! 💚
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An amazing event indeed.
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This was a great event!
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Really great to hear about efforts to stop food waste!
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@Johannes_Luiga thanks Johannes. Thanks for your successfull efforts to reach the high amount of viewers for the event!
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COMPLETE BROADCAST: https://www.youtube.com/live/60mkvRvJWy4?feature=share (PS: 600.000 views thanks to Wedonthavetime.org photos by Lars Dareberg / norden.org)