Think.Eat.Save with OzHarvest

Join some of the nation’s top chefs, politicians and food personalities for a free lunch and pledge to reduce food waste on Monday 21 July 2014! For the second year running, OzHarvest is partnering with the United Nations to tackle the issues of food and nutrition security and sustainable food systems at the upcoming Think.Eat.Save events to be held across the country. In Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Newcastle thousands of members of the public will be served a free, delicious hot meal made from surplus produce that would have otherwise ended up as landfill.

In Adelaide, OzHarvest now rescues on average 8 tonnes of surplus food each week. This good food is donated by more than 450 food businesses and redistributed to over 70 local charities. OzHarvest is growing quickly with the demand for food rescue on the rise. Food waste is currently costing Australians up to $10 billion each year, while two million people still rely on food relief.

Founder and CEO of OzHarvest, Ronni Kahn said the aim of Think.Eat.Save 2014 is to bring attention to the amount of food wasted in Australia and around the world, where roughly one third of food produced for human consumption is wasted and lost along the way. 'Our modern day challenge is to create a sustainable food culture that can be shared by all, where we waste less at all levels of food production, distribution and consumption,' Kahn said.

Think.Eat.Save Adelaide will be held at the University of Adelaide Goodman Lawns, North Terrace, with special guests including Callum Hann, Keith Conlon, Adam Swanson and others committed to reducing food waste. To join OzHarvest for a free hot lunch please RSVP:  www.eventbrite.com.au/o/ozharvest-4158371255