For the final installment in our three-part food waste series, we’re climbing all the way up to the top of the supply chain to gain a deeper understanding of on-farm food loss and waste. The challenges that farmers face getting food to the farm gate have ramifications that are felt all throughout the food system, so by understanding this vital link in the chain, we’ll gain insight into how we might begin to shift the way we understand waste overall. 

Today, you’ll hear from Sarah Hulick, food waste expert and a Horticulture Faculty Member at Cabrillo College, and then we turn to Olympia Yarger, CEO of Goterra (a Tenacious Ventures portfolio company), for some closing remarks on what shifting the food waste narrative will truly require.

In this episode, our guests speak about:

• The role labor limitation plays in the calculation around food waste on-farm
• How on-farm food loss and waste is often linked to limitations further up the value chain
• Why psychological barriers to change may be some of the most difficult to overcome in the quest to reduce the food system’s impact

Useful Links:

• Food Waste Part 1: Challenges with investing in food waste, with Closed Loop Partners and Olympia Yarger
• Food Waste Part 2: How to Create Incentives for Circularity in Food System Waste
• Learn more about ReFED, an organization using data-driven solutions to fight food waste, as mentioned by Sarah Hulick in today’s episode.
• Take a listen to our conversation with food waste experts from Rabobank and Apeel in Sustainable Supply Chains: Eliminating Waste and Unlocking Business Opportunities
• Read up on our take on the Future of Food Waste and What Supermarkets can do about it
• We’re fundraising for Tenacious Ventures Fund II, out loud To learn more about investing in Fund II, click here

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