Three finalists for the Food Innovation Award are featured: Wildfarmed's regenerative farming method, Too Good To Go app rescuing unsold food, and the Alexandra Rose Charity's voucher scheme. They all aim to change the food system by offering alternatives to industrial farming, reducing food waste, and providing fresh produce to low-income families.
The Alexandra Rose charity has successfully improved access to healthy food for low-income families by providing vouchers to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables at local street markets.
Wild Farm aims to transform the food and farming industry by promoting sustainable and biodiverse farming practices, eliminating the use of chemicals, and ensuring fair pricing for farmers.
Deep dives
Vouchers for Fresh Food
The Alexander Rose charity offers vouchers to low-income families to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables at local street markets. These vouchers have significantly improved access to healthy food for families and have led to an increase in the consumption of fruits and vegetables among children.
Wild Farming
Wild Farm is a supply chain that connects farmers, retailers, and consumers who are committed to sustainable and biodiverse farming practices. By promoting crop diversity, eliminating the use of chemicals, and ensuring fair pricing for farmers, Wild Farm aims to transform the food and farming industry.
Food Waste Prevention App
The Too Good to Go app helps reduce food waste by connecting consumers with businesses that have surplus food. Users can purchase surprise bags of perfectly edible food that would have otherwise gone to waste. The app has successfully saved millions of meals from being wasted worldwide.
Dan Saladino judges the The Food Innovation Award part of the BBC Food & Farming Awards. He is searching for big ideas that can change the food system. In this programme he meets the three finalists:
Wildfarmed grow cereals, alongside farmers that share their values, using a regenerative farming method that prioritises the health of the soil. They are aiming to create an alternative to industrial farming.
Too Good To Go is an app that lets you rescue unsold food from bakeries, cafes and supermarkets that would have otherwise been thrown away, at a much lower cost.
The Alexandra Rose Charity aims to support low-income families by providing fresh fruit and veg through a voucher scheme and prescription scheme through GPs. The vouchers can be spent in local markets, helping the local economy.
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