10 March, 2018

What grandparents can teach us about reducing food waste

Before the era of supermarkets, seasonal shopping and health buzzwords, our grandparents reduced food waste not because they wanted to, but because they had to.
Cutting waste: Rebecca Sullivan with grandmother Pauline.
With public awareness of food sustainability on the rise, their experience remains as relevant today as it was 70 years ago.

Evacuated during the Second World War from London to a farm in rural Wiltshire, Pauline Tee grew up not taking a single meal for granted.

Ms Tee said meat in particular was a privilege and every scrap would be used.


Read the ABC News story by Dominic Cansdale and Megan Whitfield - “What grandparents can teach us about reducing food waste.”

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