Georgia Beattie. Source: X, LinkedIn/Georgia Beattie.
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With the cost of living crunch continuing to bite, Australia’s appetite to reduce food waste is firmly on the table.
A proposal to incentivise farmers and supermarkets to donate surplus food instead of dumping it is expected to be debated in the Senate this week.
Up to 30% of what’s produced on Australian farms ends up wasted, but one mushroom farmer in Melbourne is already trying to make every stem count.
“We’ve been working very closely with my buyer to limit any wastage … so we then adjust our supply volumes,” Georgia Beattie from Bulla Park told AAP.
“I’ve either got too many mushrooms or not enough.
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