Just Eat It Documentary on Food Waste in North America

A documentary feature film looking at the issue of food waste is to debut at the Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto on April 27th. Just Eat It is a 75 minute documentary about food waste and ‘food rescue’ by Peg Leg Films in partnership with British Columbia's Knowledge Network. The film makers explained that their bemusement that as a society, we consume countless cooking shows, culinary magazines and foodie blogs, yet many countries throw nearly half of their food in the bin. Featuring interviews with TED lecturer Tristram Stewart and author Jonathan Bloom, Just Eat It looks at our systemic obsession with expiry dates, perfect produce and portion sizes, and reveals the core of this seemingly insignificant issue that is having devastating consequences around the globe. The film follows the filmmakers as they dive into the issue of waste from farm, through retail, all the way to the back of their own fridge. After catching a glimpse of the billions of dollars of good food that is tossed each year in North America, they pledge to quit grocery shopping cold turkey and survive only on foods that would otherwise be thrown away. They vow to stop buying groceries and for six months to survive exclusively on discarded food. The purpose of best before dates is questioned, as is the idea of ‘perfect produce’ which it is claimed encourages us to discard perfectly edible and nutritious food. Watch the Just Eat It trailer below. https://vimeo.com/88023628 Read More VIDEO: Feature Film Examines the Extents to which Waste Plastics ... A new feature length documentary highlighting the extent of the environmental damage being caused by waste plastics in the world's oceans has been released. Food Waste Costing the Earth – And $750 Billion per Year Around the world some 1.3 billion tonnes of food waste is produced annually, at a direct economic cost of some $750 billion, according to a new report What Factors Lead to Food Waste? In the wake of news that UK families throw away an equivalent of six meals per week, the issue of food waste has once again found itself in the spotlight. But it is not just households that have a problem to tackle, explains Paul Featherstone, group director of SugaRich. European Parliament Aims to Resolve Food Waste - Waste The European Parliament has adopted a non-legislative resolution that called for action to halve food waste by 2025 and improve access to food by the needy. According to EU Commission figures, households, supermarkets and restaurants, along with the rest of the food supply chain, are currently wasting up to 50% of edible food.