Food Waste and Justice
We all see it, and we all do it.
In Albuquerque alone, people waste more than 112,000 tons of food each year. Nationally, 40 percent of all food in the U.S. is wasted.
Meanwhile, so many people go hungry. What is happening, why, and how do we make not just individual changes, but systemic changes in our food systems?
This week on New Mexico in Focus, we tackled all these issues. Panelists included Sandra West, the City of Albuquerque’s sustainable waste specialist; Amanda Rich, assistant director of Three Sisters Kitchen; and Anton Becker-Stumpf with the Southwest Organizing Project.
During the conversation, we talked about how food gets wasted in grocery stores, restaurants, and homes and why that’s an environmental, labor, and social justice problem. Panelists also spoke about solutions, cool ideas, and ways to do better.
Find Food Waste and Food Justice Resources here.
-Laura Paskus Our Land Senior Producer
-
Woodstock Oral History Project Capturing Stories from Santa Fe
4.12.24 – Executive Producer Jeff Proctor speaks with Neal Hitch, senior curator at the Museum at Bethel Woods, about an oral…
-
How Food Waste Contributes to Climate Change
4.12.24 – Our Land’s Laura Paskus steps back for her final segment on food justice and explores how food waste has…
-
Exploring Solutions for Food Waste
4.12.24 – In the second of a three-part discussion on food justice, Our Land’s Laura Paskus and the roundtable discuss possible…
-
Understanding Food Waste and Food Justice in NM
4.12.24 – Our Land’s Laura Paskus sits down with a special roundtable to discuss all things food — why it costs…