USAID Food Loss and Waste Community of Practice

USAID’s Kitchen Sink: A Food Loss and Waste Podcast

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Welcome to USAID’s Kitchen Sink: A Food Loss and Waste Podcast! 30 to 40 percent of the food we produce is wasted or lost, contributing to a global food crisis with over 800 million going to bed hungry. Listen on as USAID experts speak with researchers and development professionals to explore approaches to solving this critical issue that demands a kitchen sink approach. When it comes to climate, food security, agriculture production, and food systems sustainability, we have no time to waste.

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Episodes

Supporting Youth to Reduce Food Loss and Waste 18.01.2023 18:43

Our latest episode with Jacob Ricker-Gilbert, Wyatt Pracht, and Patrick Ketiem of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Processing and Post Harvest Handling (FPIL) explores the role of youth in reducing food loss and waste. The speakers share findings from a recent project conducted in Kenya, an area where youth unemployment and smallholder farmers lacking access to agricultural inputs are t...

The Triple Wins of Addressing Food Loss and Waste with Dina Esposito 13.12.2022 18:11

Our latest episode with Dina Esposito, who leads USAID’s Bureau for Resilience and Food Security , explores the Agency’s prioritization of and approach to addressing FLW, which produces “triple wins” on climate, nutrition and food security, sustainable food systems, and economic development, especially in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the global food security crisis. Listen on as Dina...

Reducing Post-Harvest Losses with Jagger Harvey 05.12.2022 13:24

In this episode of the monthly FLW Podcast, Nika Larian, AAAS Fellow in the USAID Center for Nutrition, interviews Jagger Harvey, a Research Professor at Kansas State University and Director of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for the Reduction of Post-Harvest Loss (PHL-IL). This episode explores the work done under the PHL-IL to address food loss and waste. Jagger shares examples from the field...

Actors to Reduce Food Loss & Waste: the Private Sector with Ignacio Gavilan 05.12.2022 16:24

The USAID Research Community of Practice Sub-Group on Food Loss and Waste (FLW) aims to share research and knowledge with USAID staff and implementing partners interested in the implications of and approaches to addressing FLW. In this episode of the monthly USAID FLW Podcast, Kelley Cormier, Food Safety Division Chief at USAID, interviews Ignacio Gavilan of the Consumer Goods Forum. Ignacio share...

Cold Chain with Rusty Eason 05.12.2022 7:38

The USAID Research Community of Practice Sub-Group on Food Loss and Waste (FLW) aims to share research and knowledge with USAID staff and implementing partners interested in the implications of and approaches to addressing FLW. In this episode of the monthly USAID FLW Podcast, Nika Larian, Food Loss and Waste Advisor at USAID, interviews Rusty Eason, a technical advisor with Brighthouse working wi...

FLW 101 with Liz Goodwin 05.12.2022 9:30

In this episode of the monthly FLW Podcast, Ann Vaughan, Senior Advisor for Climate Change at USAID, interviews Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director of Food Loss and Waste at the World Resources Institute (WRI). Liz shares the “101” on FLW- what it is, why should USAID Missions and IPs care about it, and what can we do to help reduce it. If you have an idea for an episode topic you’d like to s...