“We would like food rescue to be a mandatory part of running a supermarket business or any food business in New Zealand so that surplus food that's still good gets repurposed to feed people in need rather than ending up in the bin,” – Iain Lees-Galloway, AFRA GM. With the government’s latest supermarket announcement, now is the time to make food rescue a core part of our food system. Read more in Iain Lees-Galloway’s interview in The Post: https://lnkd.in/gzZ7ZB_N
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2wAnother idea for supermarkets: have them lead the way in decentralised composting, making compost in the communities where they operate, and use their profits to help build food resilience. Oh, wait a sec, if supermarkets taught people how to grow their own food, then the actual stores may be far less profitable. 🤔