4. SEASON FINAL - FOOD WASTE - The Farmers 🚜 Perspective

The place where food waste happens is not necessarily where food waste is caused. We find that everything is much more interconnected than we would think. We have looked at food waste throughout the supply chain. How it can be reduced when food is shipped, sold in supermarkets, and wasted by us all - the consumers. But there is one piece missing. And per definition, it's supposedly not even part of the problem. The farm. The place where food is actually created. Any food wasted there is usually seen as food loss. Mostly due to bad weather, pests or just bad fortune. But as we have seen time and time again throughout red to green: words matter. While waste seems to be caused by humans, loss sounds like it's just something that happens. Something we can't really address... More info and links to resources on https://redtogreen.solutions/   For sponsorships, collaborations, volunteering, or feedback write Marina at [email protected] Please leave a review on iTunes https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/red-to-green-food-sustainability/id1511303510 Thanks to our partners of this season Thanks to our partners of this season Food Labs: Food Labs is a leading European VC and company builder in food, health & sustainability. They cover the entire value chain – from ag-tech, alternative proteins, water supply, food security, decentralized food production, vertical farming, to food waste and carbon reduction. https://foodlabs.de/ This episode is part of the food waste season. Food waste is a leading cause of climate change and an important topic if we want to move the food industry from harmful to healthy, from polluting to sustainable, and from Red to Green. This podcast season looks at food waste and food loss throughout the supply chain including farmers, distributors, retailers, and consumers. Red to Green is a media company and education initiative. With our deep-dive audio seasons on food tech & sustainability topics, we seek to promote awareness of problems and potential solutions in the food industry. Our reporting makes complex industry topics accessible to the general public, while also going deep to educate industry professionals and external investors about the most important development in food technology. Past Red to Green Podcast seasons included  1. cellular agriculture / cell-based meat / cultured meat 2. plastic alternatives 3. promoting alternative proteins