USAID’s Kitchen Sink: A Food Loss and Waste Podcast
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Reimagining Sustainable Food Systems through Circular Economy with Sandra Vijn of Kipster
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our latest episode is with Sandra Vijn, US Managing Director of Kipster, which is dedicated to offering the first carbon-neutral egg by revolutionizin...
How Food Processing Can Reduce FLW with Vivian Maduekeh
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our latest episode is with Vivian Maduekeh, Program Director at Partners in Food Solutions and Managing Principal of Food Health Systems Advisory. Tog...
Nourishing our Neighbors: Feds Feed Families with Marie Bucko
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our latest episode is with Marie Bucko, National Chair of the 2024 Feds Feed Families Campaign, which collected over 12 million pounds of food donatio...
Future Leaders Fuel Food Access: Locally Driven, National Impact with Regina Harmon of Food Recovery Network
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our latest episode is with Regina Harmon, Executive Director of Food Recovery Network, one of the largest student-driven movements against food waste ...
The Power of Abundance: The Farmlink Project’s Vision to End Hunger with Ben Collier
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our latest episode is with Ben Collier, CEO of Farmlink, which connects farms with surplus to food banks to feed people in need and reduce carbon emis...
From Excess to Access: Community-Driven Waste Solutions with Ken Baker of Rethink Food
21 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our latest episode is with Ken Baker, Culinary Director for Rethink Food, which aims to bridge the gap between excess food and food insecure communiti...
Food Rescue and Food Banks with Feeding America’s Diane Letson
17 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our latest episode is with Diane Letson, Vice President of Food Industry Partnerships for Feeding America, a US–based non-profit organization that...
World Food Safety Day 2024
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Each year, USAID joins our partners in celebrating World Food Safety Day on June 7th with a month-long focus on the importance of food safety and the ...
Food Rescue with Rescuing Leftover Cuisine’s Robert Lee
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our latest episode is with Robert Lee, Co-Founder and CEO of Rescuing Leftover Cuisine, which redistributes excess food to people experiencing food in...
Can SmartLabels Help Us Reduce Waste? With Rishi Banerjee of the Consumer Brands Association
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our latest episode is with Rishi Banerjee, Senior Director of SmartLabel at the Consumer Brands Association. Rishi shares the type of information that...
Reducing Household Food Waste with BudgEAT’s Adam Fry
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our latest episode is with Adam Fry, the Co-Founder and COO of BudgEAT. We’ve all heard the statistic that 30-40% of food produced is either lost or...
Upcycling and Sustainability with Kendra Stallings of Novozymes
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our latest episode is with Kendra Stallings, Senior Scientist in the Technical Service, Food and Beverage Division at Novozymes. During this episode, ...
Private Sector Partnership to Reduce FLW with Kentaste’s Joanne Muchai Murunga
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our latest episode is with Joanne Muchai Murunga, the Chief Operating Officer at Kentaste, a leading producer of coconut products in Kenya. Kentaste s...
Food Waste Prevention and Measurement with Leanpath’s Andrew Shakman
20 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our latest episode is with Andrew Shakman, CEO of Leanpath, an industry leading food waste prevention platform. Together, we discuss the importance of...
Cold Chain Innovation with EverCase’s Chris Somogyi
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our latest episode is with Chris Somogyi, CEO of EverCase, a novel technology to reduce FLW by improving cold chain technology. Together, we discuss t...
Opportunities in Climate-Smart Cold Chain with GCCA’s Amanda Brondy
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our latest episode is with Amanda Brondy, Vice President of International Projects at the Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA). Together, we discuss how ...
The Economic Case for FLW with FAO’s Maximo Torero
29 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As we celebrate the fourth International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste today, it is important to highlight the Food and Agriculture Organiza...
Celebrating FLW Month with ReFED’s Dana Gunders
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This month, USAID is hosting a Food Loss and Waste Theme Month on Agrilinks to recognize the fourth International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Wa...
Value Addition at Source with Mandla Nkomo
23 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this month’s episode of the USAID Kitchen Sink Food Loss and Waste Podcast, Anesu Mawire, Project Development Specialist in the Regional Economic...
Food Loss and Waste and Methane Emissions with Eleni Michalopoulou
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As the UN Food Systems Summit Stocktaking Moment concludes in Rome, we must continue to shine a light on the problem of food loss and waste (FLW) that...
Food Safety Story Sourcing with EatSafe
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our latest episode is with Walker Lambert of Pierce Mill, part of the consortium for the Feed the Future food safety program Evidence and Action Towar...
WWF Efforts to Reduce FLW in Pakistan with Adil Daniel
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our latest episode is with Adil Daniel, Food Security and Water Stewardship Coordinator of the Food and Markets Program of WWF Pakistan. Adil shares t...
FLW as a Catalyst for Sustainable Food Systems with Pete Pearson
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
To celebrate Stop Food Waste Day, our latest episode of the USAID Kitchen Sink Food Loss and Waste Podcast is with Pete Pearson, the Global Lead for F...
Technology and Traceability with David Davies
15 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our latest episode is with David Davies, the founder of AgUnity, which is using smartphone technology to combat poverty and reduce FLW among smallhold...
Improving Food Safety in the Private Sector to Reduce Food Loss with Thoric Cederstrom
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our latest episode is with Thoric Cederstrom, Director of Research and Learning for Food Enterprise Solutions, which implements the Feed the Future Bu...
Supporting Youth to Reduce Food Loss and Waste
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our latest episode with Jacob Ricker-Gilbert, Wyatt Pracht, and Patrick Ketiem of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Processing and Post Harv...
The Triple Wins of Addressing Food Loss and Waste with Dina Esposito
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our latest episode with Dina Esposito, who leads USAID’s Bureau for Resilience and Food Security, explores the Agency’s prioritization of and appr...
Cold Chain with Rusty Eason
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Actors to Reduce Food Loss & Waste: the Private Sector with Ignacio Gavilan
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Reducing Post-Harvest Losses with Jagger Harvey
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the monthly FLW Podcast, Nika Larian, AAAS Fellow in the USAID Center for Nutrition, interviews Jagger Harvey, a Research Professor...
FLW 101 with Liz Goodwin
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the monthly FLW Podcast, Ann Vaughan, Senior Advisor for Climate Change at USAID, interviews Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Direc...