Food for thought
Not too long ago, I came across a bag of lonely, discarded potatoes. While a bit beat, they were down but not entirely out. They looked expectantly up at me. Perhaps all they needed was love. And that is also when my friend walked into the kitchen, apologising for having left without cleaning up, and saying that those potatoes were past their best-before date and could I please chuck them in the bin next to me.
Every year in the UK, we throw away enough still-good-to-eat food to fill 8 Wembley Stadiums. Every day we bin 4.4 million whole potatoes. (WRAP 2018)
This got me thinking. Why do I throw away food? Nobody really wants to, yes. So, why do I? And at a time when I really cannot afford to! Why do I keep buying more when my pantry has groceries which are still good? And when it comes to doing something about it, why do I think about supermarkets and restaurants, when it really begins at home? In my kitchen.
Food for thought? Yes. And in this close encounter of an oddly-familiar kind with a bag of humble potatoes, lies the beginning of our story. Of PANTREE Britain. Where we are building a community of families, learning better kitchen management skills, saving on monthly grocery bills and also reducing food waste.
