Too much of the world’s food goes to waste. Wasted food represents a burden on our scarce environmental resources that we can scarcely afford, and loss of product that could (indeed, should) be made available for those in need. The three panellists presented different and distinctive perspectives on why we should treat this issue with the seriousness it deserves. PANEL Associate Professor Bill Pritchard (Chair), Human Geographer, School of Geosciences Dr Brian Jones, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment Alexandra Iljadica, Founding director of Youth Food Movement Ronni Kahn, CEO and founder OzHarvest A Sydney Ideas and Sydney Environment Institute Food@Sydney event http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2014/food@sydney_series_2014.shtml