Some call it dumpster diving, I call it food rescuing, our interview guest Matt calls it urban harvesting. Every day retailers throw away still perfectly edible food. And activists like Matt Homewood document their finds and share them on social media platforms - like Instagram and LinkedIn. And there is much to find.

For the past 3 years Matt has been an active food waste campaigner and recently shared his work at cop 26. Today we talk about what it takes to get big corporations to change, how retailers are the oligopoly of the food system and the moral dilemma of doing something illegal for a good cause.

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Thanks to our partners of this season Food Labs: Food Labs is a leading European VC and company builder in food, health & sustainability. They cover the entire value chain – from ag-tech, alternative proteins, water supply, food security, decentralized food production, vertical farming, to food waste and carbon reduction. https://foodlabs.de/

This episode is part of the food waste season. Food waste is a leading cause of climate change and an important topic if we want to move the food industry from harmful to healthy, from polluting to sustainable, and from Red to Green. This podcast season looks at food waste and food loss throughout the supply chain including farmers, distributors, retailers, and consumers.   

Red to Green is a media company and education initiative. With our deep-dive audio seasons on food tech & sustainability topics, we seek to promote awareness of problems and potential solutions in the food industry. Our reporting makes complex industry topics accessible to the general public, while also going deep to educate industry professionals and external investors about the most important development in food technology.  

Past Red to Green Podcast seasons included  1. cellular agriculture / cell-based meat / cultured meat 2. plastic alternatives 3. promoting alternative proteins