Senka Milutinovic 0962433 GD2

FOOD

main issues

Although food as a topic is riddled with a variety of different issues from limited food access to unsustainable agricultural practices to the rights of the farmers and animals, here I will primarily focus on the role of food waste.

Just in the Netherlands in 2019, the amount of food wasted was 3 297 kilos in consumer households. This, of course, does not take into account the amount of food being thrown away by supermarkets or farmer’s markets.

opportunities

+ feeding livestock

+ reusing

+ keep portions in check

+ make compost/fertilizer

As a large majority of the food thrown away is fruit and vegetables (386 kg and 454 kg) that became my primary focus, I first started fermenting beets and carrots to see how difficult the process is.

process

While researching fermentation practices I stumbled upon the recipe for pruno (aka prison wine), which is a brewing process that can essentially be done with very little effort and at home.
As the recipe uses anywhere from 5 to 10 oranges, one ends with a lot of residual waste (in this case orange peels). Of fruit food waste in Dutch households, residual waste takes up 27% of the overall figure. Keeping this in mind I started researching recipes and skincare products made from or with fruit food waste.

fermented carrots

fermented beets

kefir water

oranges eating up sugar to produce alcohol

grinded dried orange peels

orange powder mixed with yogurt: mask ready!