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01. Dana Gunders, ReFED
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Dana Gunders is the Executive Director of ReFED, a national nonprofit that advances data-driven solutions to help train, inspire, and strategize around food waste reduction. By taking a holistic view of the food system, and focused, purposeful action, ReFED is working to achieve a 50% food waste reduction in accordance with the United Nations’ 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. On this episode of “Food Lab Talk,” Michiel speaks with Dana about why tackling food waste requires a full-supply-chain view, what Dana views as the biggest barriers and opportunities, and how solving for waste will impact our global food system.
Dana Gunders: “It is just the dumbest problem out there and one that is so solvable. I think we look at climate change and it feels so big and daunting, but wasting food is not. Wasting less food is not rocket science, right? It’s something we all can do, we have control over and it feels very much within our reach and I think that helps keep me motivated.”
01:01 Intro on Dana and the food waste problem
03:34 Background on ReFED
07:55 Long-term progress on food waste reduction
09:32 How to stay motivated to fight food waste
12:08 Tools and potential solutions to stop food waste
15:55 Barriers to scaling progress
17:51 Opportunities for reducing waste across different food groups
00:21 Tracking, measurement and metrics
23:42 Motivating individuals and organizations to act
26:41 Addressing skeptics by sharing individual impact
28:14 What’s on the horizon?
Links
- Learn more about ReFED
- The ReFED Catalytic Grant Fund
- ReFED Insights Engine
- Wasted: How America is Losing Up to 40 Percent of Its Food from Farm to Fork to Landfill
- Waste-Free Kitchen Handbook: A Guide to Eating Well and Saving Money by Wasting Less Food
- ReFED Roadmap to Reduce U.S. Food Waste by 20 Percent
- North American Leaders Make Historic Commitment to Food Waste Reduction
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