Context of Practice: CoP3 Idea 3

IDEA 3 Social campaigning / activism

· Rise in poverty – issue in society – raise awareness about the issue but also support for those affected

· Needs of such campaigns

· Stats on how many people below poverty line

· What happens to waste food?

· Legal info re making supermarkets donate waste food

http://realjunkfoodmanchester.co.uk/food-waste-facts/

Food Waste Facts

It is estimated that around one third of all of the food that we produce is wasted, this amounts to around 1.3 billion tonnes of food being lost or wasted each year globally (UN Food & Agriculture Report 2011)

In Britain alone an estimated 15 million tonnes of food wasted from the plough to the plate.

An estimated 20 to 40% of UK fruit and vegetables rejected even before they reach the shops – mostly because they do not match the supermarkets’ excessively strict cosmetic standards.

There are nearly one billion malnourished people in the world, but the approximately 40 million tonnes of food wasted, just by households, retailers and food services in the US each year, would be enough to satisfy the hunger of every one of them.

5.8 million people in the UK live in ‘deep poverty’, making it hard for them to afford every day essentials, including food.

The water used globally to grow food that is wasted would be enough for the domestic needs (at 200 litres per person per day) of 9 billion people – the number expected on the planet by 2050.

10% of rich countries’ greenhouse gas emissions come from growing food that is never eaten.

UK Households waste around 20% of all the food they buy.

identify 5 relevant and inspiring quotes (from at least 3 texts)

1 – ‘It reported that an estimated 89m tonnes of food are wasted every year in the EU, which is expected to rise to around 126m tonnes by 2020 if no action is taken, with significant costs to the environment, economy and society.’

2 – ‘supermarkets contributed to just 1.3% of all food waste in the UK in 2013. Again, looking at food waste across the EU, the retail and wholesale sector accounts for 5% of the total food waste arisings’

3 - ‘In this country we throw away something like 35% of our food, most of this throwing away being done by the big supermarkets and that’s just wrong.’

4 - Supermarkets will be barred from deliberately spoiling unsold food so it cannot be eaten. Those with a footprint of 4,305 sq ft (400 sq m) or more will have to sign contracts with charities by July next year or face penalties including fines of up to €75,000 (£53,000) or two years in jail.

5 - “It’s scandalous to see bleach being poured into supermarket dustbins along with edible foods,” said the Socialist deputy Guillaume Garot, a former food minister who proposed the bill.

identify 5 locations / senses of place that connect to your ideas

1. pics of cafes? Café? St georges crypt

2. Real Junk Food in Leeds

3. bins?

4. supermarkets

5 schools

identify 5 websites

1 https://www.facebook.com/TheRealJunkFoodProject

2 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/real-junk-food-project-the-leeds-cafe-that-has-fed-10000-people-using-20-tonnes-of-unwanted-food--and-started-a-worldwide-movement-9926579.html

3 http://leedscitymagazine.co.uk/feel-cafe-leeds/ youtube video

4 http://www.filmsforaction.org/articles/everything-you-need-to-know-about-food-waste/

5https://www.facebook.com/PAYFcafe