$20b food waste problem set to be tackled at Adelaide research centre

Elizabeth Anderson
August 8 2018 - 4:00am
DONATION NETWORK: Foodbank SA CEO Greg Pattinson said surplus Riverland citrus was being transported to every state to help those in need.
DONATION NETWORK: Foodbank SA CEO Greg Pattinson said surplus Riverland citrus was being transported to every state to help those in need.

AN estimated $20 billion worth of food is wasted each year in Australia, while 64,000 people are turned away from food charities each month due to shortages, according to Fight Food Waste CRC chief executive officer Steven Lapidge.

Elizabeth Anderson

Editor of Stock Journal.

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