WRAP 166d ago

About the podcast: From the treasured Sunday roast to your everyday porridge, 1.05 billion tonnes of food goes to waste every year. But we're wasting more than what ends up in the bin — we're losing culture, community, and our future. Don’t Waste This is a podcast by WRAP, the global environmental action NGO, exploring what’s at stake if we don’t fix the broken systems we all rely on — starting with food. Through stories from the Food Pact Network, we meet the people and places fighting to protect what matters most, and discover how local action is driving global change to transform our food system and reduce food loss and waste. About this episode: Turkey, stuffing, pumpkin pie — Thanksgiving dinner is one of the most cherished meals in the United States. It’s a celebration of abundance, family and tradition, with millions of home cooks intentionally preparing more than they need to ensure leftovers are shared and enjoyed. When we spoke to the US Food Pact, Thanksgiving was just around the corner, and they estimated that 320 million lbs of food was going to go to waste during the holiday. That’s $550 million worth of food, or 267 million uneaten meals, with the emissions equivalent of 190,000 gas powered vehicles for a year. Happening in one single day. In this final episode of the series, WRAP’s Talya Shalev speaks with WWF’s Tara Dalton and ReFED’s Jackie Suggitt about the paradox of abundance and waste, how food insecurity and rising prices are widening the gap, and the work underway to build a food system that can nourish both people and planet. Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Ad1JdFvO2p4s3gpC0FaO2?si=jhnX4n_ATqmBMYE7ZJO--w Find out more: https://www.wrap.ngo/take-action/dont-waste-this-wrap-podcast/thanksgiving-dinner-us