The 2024 National Food Waste Summit kicked off on the 24th of July in Melbourne-Naarm, where experts and industry leaders - including from Coles, Simplot, Sodexo, McCain Foods, and Goodman Fielder - are rallying to tackle this national challenge.

Australians are throwing away a staggering 7.6 million tonnes of food every year, worth $36.6 billion while millions of families are grappling with growing living costs.


The Wire’s contributor Jahan Rezakhanlou asked Francesca Goodman-Smith, Acting Director, at Food Waste Australia about the issue of food waste in Australia and the National Food Waste Summit. 

The 2024 National Food Waste Summit kicked off on the 24th of July in Melbourne-Naarm, where experts and industry leaders - including from Coles, Simplot, Sodexo, McCain Foods, and Goodman Fielder - are rallying to tackle this national challenge. Australians are throwing away a staggering 7.6 million tonnes of food every year, worth $36.6 billion while millions of families are grappling with growing living costs.
 The Wire’s contributor Jahan Rezakhanlou asked Francesca Goodman-Smith, Acting Director, at Food Waste Australia about the issue of food waste in Australia and the National Food Waste Summit.

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