Of crooked carrots and patchy potatoes
Sustainability By: Dr. Claudio Beretta Food wastage is no longer acceptable - for both ethical and ecological reasons, says Claudio Beretta. But we've only just started cracking down on it. Things have changed. Food waste has become a hot topic in the local media, leaving the food industry no option but to take a stand and outline strategies for eliminating waste. Meantime studies on food waste abound, and politicians have placed the topic high on their agenda. One reason for this is the UN Sustainable Development Goal 12.3: to halve per capita food waste at retail and consumer level by 2030 and to reduce food loss in agriculture and processing. In addition, a number of projects that directly or indirectly save food from being squandered1 have been launched independently here in Switzerland.
