Pete Pearson - Director of WWF US food waste campaign

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Food Is Wasted - Documenting the issue of food waste

Food Is Wasted

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Food Is Wasted started off as a documentary photography project by Chris King, initiated by a desire to raise awareness about the many and varied initiatives fighting to reduce avoidable food waste. It's hoped that the project will play some part in helping to engage people and motivating them to take action - however small - be it by volunteering for an organisation, or being more conscious of the food they waste as individuals, and proactively try to reduce it.

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Pete Pearson - Director of WWF US food waste campaign

Food Is Wasted - Documenting the issue of food waste

30 minutes 31 seconds

8 years ago

Pete Pearson - Director of WWF US food waste campaign

In this episode I'm speaking to Pete Pearson - Director of food waste at the World Wildlife Fund’s US offices.

WWF is an international NGO working in over 100 countries - focusing on conservation and minimising the impact we humans have on the environment, and the other animals with whom we share this planet.

Since 2015 they've been devoting resources to a campaign to reduce food waste, resulting in initiatives both commercial and educational in focus.

I discuss with Pete the evolution of the campaign, the willingness of businesses to engage with the them and the issue, as well as the impact of government policy and much more.

Since the interview was conducted there has been the launch of a series of pilot projects aimed at further reducing food waste in the hotel industry - being carried out in co-operation with The Rockefeller Foundation and the American Hotel and Lodging Association.

If you would like to be kept up to date on new interviews and articles on the site, as well as discounts for the new shop - where I'm selling prints of my work - the profits from which will go to helping fund the project, and allow me to spend more time documenting the activities of organisations fighting to reduce avoidable food waste. So please check out the shop at http://foodiswasted.com/shop and sign up to the newsletter at http://foodiswasted.com/newsletter