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USAID’s Kitchen Sink: A Food Loss and Waste Podcast
Welcome to USAID’s Kitchen Sink: A Food Loss and Waste Podcast! 30 to 40 percent of the food we produce is wasted or lost, contributing to a global food crisis with over 800 million going to bed hungry. Listen on as USAID experts speak with researchers and development professionals to explore approaches to solving this critical issue that demands a kitchen sink approach. When it comes to climate, food security, agriculture production, and food systems sustainability, we have no time to waste.
Episodes
31 episodes
Reimagining Sustainable Food Systems through Circular Economy with Sandra Vijn of Kipster
Our latest episode is with Sandra Vijn, US Managing Director of Kipster, which is dedicated to offering the first carbon-neutral egg by revolutionizing sustainable food production with circul...
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Episode 31
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25:46
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How Food Processing Can Reduce FLW with Vivian Maduekeh
Our latest episode is with Vivian Maduekeh, Program Director at Partners in Food Solutions and Managing Principal of Food Health Sys...
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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19:07
Nourishing our Neighbors: Feds Feed Families with Marie Bucko
Our latest episode is with Marie Bucko, National Chair of the 2024 Feds Feed Families Campaign, which collected over 12 million pounds of food donations in order to tackle f...
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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16:22
Future Leaders Fuel Food Access: Locally Driven, National Impact with Regina Harmon of Food Recovery Network
Our latest episode is with Regina Harmon, Executive Director of Food Recovery Network, one of the largest student-driven movements against food waste and hunger that recovers a...
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Episode 28
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30:44
The Power of Abundance: The Farmlink Project’s Vision to End Hunger with Ben Collier
Our latest episode is with Ben Collier, CEO of Farmlink, which connects farms with surplus to food banks to feed people in need and reduce carbon emissions. Ben shares the history ...
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Episode 27
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16:22
From Excess to Access: Community-Driven Waste Solutions with Ken Baker of Rethink Food
Our latest episode is with Ken Baker, Culinary Director for Rethink Food, which aims to bridge the gap between excess food and food insecure communities by preparing restaurant-quality...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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23:47
Food Rescue and Food Banks with Feeding America’s Diane Letson
Our latest episode is with Diane Letson, Vice President of Food Industry Partnerships for
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Episode 25
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17:41
World Food Safety Day 2024
Each year, USAID joins our partners in celebrating World Food Safety Day on June 7th with a month-long focus on the importance of food safety and the work, resources and tools carried out by our food safety partners. In a world where 735 mil...
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Episode 24
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37:09
Food Rescue with Rescuing Leftover Cuisine’s Robert Lee
Our latest episode is with Robert Lee, Co-Founder and CEO of Rescuing Leftover Cuisine, which redistributes excess food to people experiencing food insecurity. Robert share...
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Episode 23
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16:35
Can SmartLabels Help Us Reduce Waste? With Rishi Banerjee of the Consumer Brands Association
Our latest episode is with Rishi Banerjee, Senior Director of SmartLabel at the Consumer Brands Association. Rishi shares ...
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Episode 22
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18:11
Reducing Household Food Waste with BudgEAT’s Adam Fry
Our latest episode is with Adam Fry, the Co-Founder and COO of BudgEAT. We’ve all heard the statistic that 30-40% of food produced is either lost or wasted, and consumer food waste is...
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Episode 21
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15:19
Upcycling and Sustainability with Kendra Stallings of Novozymes
Our latest episode is with Kendra Stallings, Senior Scientist in the Technical Service, Food and Beverage Division at Novozymes. During this episode, we discuss what up...
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Episode 20
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18:42
Private Sector Partnership to Reduce FLW with Kentaste’s Joanne Muchai Murunga
Our latest episode is with Joanne Muchai Murunga, the Chief Operating Officer at Kentaste, a leading producer of coconut products in Kenya. Kentaste supports economic development by conne...
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Episode 19
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25:25
Food Waste Prevention and Measurement with Leanpath’s Andrew Shakman
Our latest episode is with Andrew Shakman, CEO of Leanpath, an industry leading food waste prevention platform. Together, we discuss the importance of food waste prevention, the need for ...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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24:47
Cold Chain Innovation with EverCase’s Chris Somogyi
Our latest episode is with Chris Somogyi, CEO of EverCase, a novel technology to reduce FLW by improving cold chain technology. Together, we discuss the challenges and opportunities in climat...
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Episode 17
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15:29
Opportunities in Climate-Smart Cold Chain with GCCA’s Amanda Brondy
Our latest episode is with Amanda Brondy, Vice President of International Projects at the Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA). Together, we discuss how the work of GCCA contributes to FLW reduc...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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15:56
The Economic Case for FLW with FAO’s Maximo Torero
As we celebrate the fourth International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste today, it is important to highlight the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) theme “Reducing Food Loss and Waste: Taking Action to Transform Agrifood Systems...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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21:54
Celebrating FLW Month with ReFED’s Dana Gunders
This month, USAID is hosting a Food Loss and Waste Theme Month on Agrilinks to recognize the fourth International Day of Awareness of Food L...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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17:37
Value Addition at Source with Mandla Nkomo
In this month’s episode of the USAID Kitchen Sink Food Loss and Waste Podcast, Anesu Mawire, Project Development Specialist in the Regional Economic Growth Office and Feed the Fu...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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20:00
Food Loss and Waste and Methane Emissions with Eleni Michalopoulou
As the UN Food Systems Summit Stocktaking Moment concludes in Rome, we must continue to shine a light on the problem of food loss and waste (FLW) that strain...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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18:44
Food Safety Story Sourcing with EatSafe
Our latest episode is with Walker Lambert of Pierce Mill, part of the consortium for the Feed the Future food safety program
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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15:12
WWF Efforts to Reduce FLW in Pakistan with Adil Daniel
Our latest episode is with Adil Daniel, Food Security and Water Stewardship Coordinator of the Food and Markets Program of WWF Pakistan. Adil shares the work WWF Pakistan has done to measure FLW and inform policy. We explore how WWF Pakistan...
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Episode 10
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12:35
FLW as a Catalyst for Sustainable Food Systems with Pete Pearson
To celebrate Stop Food Waste Day, our latest episode of the USAID Kitchen Sink Food Loss and Waste Podcast is with Pete Pearson, the Global Lead for Food Loss and Waste at World ...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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13:36