Week 12 : Food Wastage

Food wastage is one of the major issue we are facing in world wide. According to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, about one third of food produced in the world are for human consumption every year, however approximately 1.3 billion tonnes of food are wasted and go to the landfill. One-fourth of the food lost able to be save and feed approximately 870 million hungry people in the world. 

I came across to watch a cooking show called MasterChef, I was always wondering and question myself - What happen to the ingredients that didn't get to pick by the contestants at the end of each episodes? Will they throw it away? Or does it get to distribute to the team crew?

I found out that the leftover ingredients will be pack and send it to SecondBite, which is a food programs across Australia doing charity work and distribute food to those community who need it the most. The amount of  ingredients donated from MasterCheft to SecondBite, able to provide about 40,00 meals every day.

Personally, I think that MasterCheft is a very thoughtful production team. They not only produce such wonderful show to the audience, at the same time they do also doing charity to vulnerable people who need help. MasterCheft prove that we able to take control of our food waste in and easy and effective way, which able to create effective way to have a positive impact to the environment and community. The economic will also be more stable as the cost of waste disposal and over-purchasing is lower. Hence, everyone start taking action to help saving food will make a difference in this world and create a better world.

References:
Coxarchitecture.com.au
https://www.foodbank.org.au/2013/06/03/masterchef-foodbank/
http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/what-happens-to-all-of-the-uneaten-food-on-masterchef/news-story/3d7165dbf04909d9c54a5d0f6544ac4d
https://theconversation.com/australian-communities-are-fighting-food-waste-with-circular-economies-64424
http://c8.alamy.com/comp/F4CT9R/new-delhi-india-16th-oct-2015-participants-pick-ingredients-during-F4CT9R.jpg
http://www.thrill.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Hamper-Charity-400x266.jpg