Tackling food waste in a COVID19 era | Vee Bougani | TEDxEuropeanSustainabilityAcademy

This talk was recorded live at TEDxEuropeanSustainabilityAcademy Crete, online event, 17.10.2020 Theme: Making sense of climate change on Crete; Taking Action| FOOD Vee Bougani, Co-Founder of the Sustainable Food Movement Greece, focusses on the concerns and actions of how Greece will respond to the climate crisis from the perspective of food production, supply management and policy infrastructure. You may ask, ‘what has the COVID19 pandemic got to do with food wastage in Greece?’ Also ‘how does food waste impact on climate change?’ During August 2020, during the virus pandemic, the ‘World Food Bank’ announced that food trade and food costs have not changed much globally. On the other hand, the UN reported that unemployment, pay cuts and the number of people in need, had nearly doubled. Therefore, how can each of us cut food waste at the same time when there is no money to buy food? Food circularity in Greece is highly dependent on the tourism and hospitality industry, find out why in this talk. www.sustainablegastronomy.eu www.foodity.eu
#Greece #FoodWaste #Covid19 #Sustainability #SustainableFood Vee is a social entrepreneur and a Sustainable Culinary Arts Consultant. Her mission is to tackle food waste and promote sustainability in the Culinary Arts Industry.
She studied Cultural & Creative Industries at King’s College London and has worked in the Cultural Industry over 10 years in Greece and the UK.
She trained and worked as a chef since her early 20s and from 2012 as a Culinary Arts consultant & freelance Food & Travel Editor for platforms such as Time Out Group, Lonely Planet, Forbes Travel Guide, CN Traveller, the Londonist & the Thrillist. Her greatest passion has always been food and her focus is sustainability in the culinary and hospitality industry.
While living in London she worked as a Food Sustainability Expert in diverse culinary projects in Europe, USA and the Middle East. She is a social entrepreneurship mentor at the Prince’s Trust International and Founders Nation in Greece, a EIT Food Associate Member for South Europe & a GSTC Certified Practitioner. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx