Reduce food waste

Growing your own food and sharing the extra fresh produce with your community can make a big difference in reducing food waste. It's estimated that the value of food waste per New Zealand household is now $1520 per household per year. Nationally, that’s a whopping $3.1 billion of wasted food! (Source: Rabobank-Kiwiharvest Food Waste research). Reducing food waste is super important for a bunch of reasons! First off, it helps tackle the problem of hunger and food insecurity because the food that's wasted could have fed people in need. When we waste food, it harms the environment by producing greenhouse gas emissions when it rots in landfills. If we cut down on food waste, we can also lessen the strain on valuable resources like water, energy, and land.