FOUD

FOUD

Seb Krasnicki

Talukder Mubashshir Ali Apu

Every day, thousands and thousands of food products are thrown away, by producers and by retailers. Australian producers throw away between 20 and 40 percent of all food produced to meet cosmetic standards. Retailers throw away food that nobody buys. Australia produces enough food to feed 60 million people, but millions of Australians don't get enough food on a daily basis. Farmers and retailers spend money of growing and refrigerating food that will end up in landfill. What can done with this food and how can it be transported to the people who are willing to use it?

We have developed a platform that aims to reduce this waste by connecting the people with the food, directly to the consumer. A platform where farmers can take products that nobody else wants and list them for anyone to purchase. By partnering with delivery companies, the produce can be delivered from the farmer to whoever wants to buy it. Potential customers could range from restaurants to small businesses to the general public.

But what about product that still cannot be sold on our platform? That's where we aim to reduce waste even more. Vegetables and meat that cannot be sold, can be purchased by us and processed into pre-prepared products for anybody to enjoy. Using the Sous Vide method, we can preserve the food while retaining nutrition and flavour, while also making it easy to prepare. This provides opportunities to partner with more local services or to potentially run the production ourselves,

In Tasmania, we are privileged to have access to excellent agriculture resources. Tasmania's main produce includes carrots, potatoes, onions, beef, lamb, seafood, dairy, apples and berries. Our platform will be open to any vegetable, fruit, meat or seafood products from producers or retailers, regardless of cosmetic deformities or size regulations. For processing into pre-prepared products, we will be focusing on purchasing meat and vegetables, products that can best be used to create reheat-able, preservable meals.