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Future Green 5 Must Reads

Hey there sustainable food advocates – for ‘food waste’ think ‘food surplus’. What matters is how all of us rise to the challenge of ensuring the surplus isn’t written off entirely.

🥙 3,300 tonnes of food buried in HK landfills daily, contributing to methane emissions.

🐔 Many people switch from eating beef to chicken to reduce their carbon footprint. But emissions don’t tell the whole story.

🍲 UK NGO data: 60% food waste in the home. On-farm waste 15%; food makers 13%; hospitality and food service 10%; supermarkets 2%.

🥗 Nearly 1 in 3 people hail either from China or India. Crafting culturally-appropriate sustainable diets for them could hugely help the planet!

⬆️ Route 1. Interactive WWF guide on similarities and differences across food systems globally, and the fastest ways to make positive changes.

WASTE FIGHT STARTS WITH FARM INPUTS: MEMBERS MONTHLY MEETUP

Hear how Hung Yat Farm in the New Territories pioneered zero pesticides, zero chemical fertilisers. LINK Sustainability Lab hosts on 8th Oct.

IS SWITCHING TO CHICKEN BETTER THAN BEEF FOR SUSTAINABILITY?

What about the massive deforestation caused by chicken feed production?

ARE OUR FRIDGES PART OF THE FOOD WASTE PROBLEM?

Most fridges are designed like a box. Many boxes at home or work have something tucked away out of sight. Fridges are no different.

SUSTAINABLE DIETS SUITED TO CHINA, INDIA: GAME CHANGERS?

Sustainable food needs to be culturally and also regionally appropriate, suggest researchers looking at the planetary health diet initiative of the EAT-Lancet Commission.

‘GREAT FOOD PUZZLE’: PLACE-BY-PLACE INSIGHTS TO TRANSFORM FOOD SYSTEMS

This at-a-glance interactive WWF tool helps food sector professionals understand the key stresses and strengths of the food system in their geographic location.


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