Resources worth noting.
Food insecurity in Tasmania
‘Food security’ means access by all people at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life. One in four respondents to The Tasmania Project’s Food Survey reported running out of food because they could not afford to buy more during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tasmania’s Draft Waste Strategy released
The Waste and Resource Recovery Board recently released the Draft Tasmanian Waste and Resource Recovery Strategy (2022-2025). It is now open for public comment. Take a read of it below.
The Circular Economy Show Podcast
The Ellen McArthur Foundation have developed a podcast about a new way to design, make, and use things, and how we can build an economy that's fit for the 21st century. You can find it on most popular music streaming services.
Local solutions to a global problem
Currently, 30% of the world’s food supply is lost or wasted, especially in developing countries. The good news is that reducing food loss and waste actually can make a profound difference across the multiple, related challenges we face; that is, helping to end hunger, produce healthy economies, and preserve our planet. Read more about a strategy to reduce food loss and waste by half and concurrently achieve progress in combatting hunger; support sustainable food production, diets and consumption; and ultimately impact climate change, given that food losses and waste generate 8% of annual greenhouse gas emissions.
Community & Regional Food Systems Toolkit
The Community & Regional Food Systems Toolkit is a curated collection of action-oriented resources to help practitioners and community groups plan, implement and evaluate a variety of community food system initiatives.
Where are Tasmanian’s buying their Food?
Where are Tasmanians buying their food during the COVID-19 pandemic? Respondents to The Tasmania Project’s first survey sourced food from a variety of outlets during the COVID-19 pandemic, but relied heavily on supermarkets for grocery shopping.