Love Food Hate Waste

Love Food

flour from the USA

mozzarella cheese and tomatoes from Italy

black pepper from India

olives from Greece

1000 miles5000 miles

5,400 miles

1,500 miles

For example - Where does our food come from?

pineapple from Kenya

4,500 miles

We use a lot of resources to create food.

How much food do we waste?

What types of food do we waste?

Why worry about it?

What can you do to help?

• Plan – write a shopping list• Plan – create the correct

portion sizes• Store food properly – freeze

bread, keep apples in the fridge

• Use up leftovers in different recipes

Good news ....Between 2006/07 and 2010 food waste has

reduced by around 13%, over 1 million tonnes...

...this amount of food would fill Wembley stadium!

BUT ... We can do more ...

Competition TimeWhat is involved?Create a recipe using leftovers. Then if you are chosen

cook your recipe for the judges.When do I enter by?By start of week 5 - Monday 17th SeptemberCooking will run in week 8 – Tuesday 9th October after

school until 6pmWhat do I win? 1st – £50 vouchers2nd - £25 vouchers

Any other important information ....www.lovefoodhatewaste.com

Notes for slidesSlide no.2 - Start by talking about how much we ‘love food’! Slide no.3 - Fuel, food for animals, water, energy fro cooking ... The list could go on

depending on how detailed you got.Total mileage for pizza with these toppings = 17,400 miles. Most of us don’t think

about that when we’re eating it!Slide no.4 - We use a lot of resources to make our food and yet a lot gets wasted.Slide no.5 - In a school of 1000 pupils you could all have 700 free chocolate bars! Or

4,400 free apples each