{"id":14079,"date":"2020-06-18T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T23:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/?p=14079"},"modified":"2020-06-18T10:49:27","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T00:49:27","slug":"empty-your-fridge-to-fight-world-hunger-this-sustainable-gastronomy-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/2020\/06\/18\/empty-your-fridge-to-fight-world-hunger-this-sustainable-gastronomy-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Empty your fridge to fight world hunger this Sustainable Gastronomy Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Did you know that f<\/span>ood waste costs Australian households $70 per week<\/span>? This\u00a0<\/span>adds up to $3,640 per\u00a0<\/span>year<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sustainable\u00a0<\/span>Gastronomy Day<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>(<\/span>18 June<\/span>)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>is the perfect opportunity to\u00a0<\/span>take\u00a0<\/span>a look<\/span>\u00a0at your food waste and how to reduce it<\/span>\u00a0– and\u00a0<\/span>save money<\/span>\u00a0as well!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As part of Social Marketing at Griffith\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>Waste Not Want Not<\/span><\/i><\/a>\u00a0campaign,\u00a0<\/span>Dr Kathy Knox<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and Griffith University PhD candidate,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Jeawon<\/span>\u00a0Kim<\/span><\/a>,<\/span>\u00a0worked with the community of Redlands<\/span>, Queensland,<\/span>\u00a0to reduce their food waste<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After surveying the community about the kind of food they had in their household, they invited professional chefs to create recipes which would incorporate food items often left over and discarded, showing the Redlands community practical ways to reduce food waste.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Whether it\u2019s the hasty\u00a0<\/em><\/span>hakka<\/em>\u00a0or the cheese-<\/em><\/span>spiration<\/em>, d<\/span>o your part to help tackle food waste by testing out\u00a0<\/span>these recipes<\/span><\/a>\u00a0with food already in your fridge<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Keen to learn more about\u00a0<\/span>reducing food waste<\/span>?\u00a0<\/span>Griffith Research Online<\/span><\/a>\u00a0provides open access research\u00a0<\/span>explor<\/span>ing<\/span>\u00a0the need for\u00a0<\/span>behavioural<\/span>\u00a0change around our selection, consumption and food waste:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n