34 min
Food waste with Tessa Vincent How to Thrive: Mind & Body Wellbeing for the Modern Woman
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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 changeHow much money NZ families lose when they waste foodFood waste vs food rescueFood packaging as a double edged swordIndividual and organisational action on food wasteThere 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 12.3KaiboshKiwi HarvestLove Food Hate WasteAotearoa Food Rescue AllianceWorld Wildlife Fund (WWF)Until next week, you can follow the podcast on Instagram and Facebook @nourishwithnickie and if you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a rating and review as it helps more people to discover the podcast :)
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 changeHow much money NZ families lose when they waste foodFood waste vs food rescueFood packaging as a double edged swordIndividual and organisational action on food wasteThere 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 12.3KaiboshKiwi HarvestLove Food Hate WasteAotearoa Food Rescue AllianceWorld Wildlife Fund (WWF)Until next week, you can follow the podcast on Instagram and Facebook @nourishwithnickie and if you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a rating and review as it helps more people to discover the podcast :)
34 min