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'Victorian vegetable grower Catherine Velisha says Australia's food system is
broken but it isn't the supermarkets' fault.
Each season, supermarkets won't buy a portion of the cauliflowers she grows
because they are too small, slightly yellow from sunburn or have tiny spots of
leaf rub.
"There's not one player that's to blame, that's all of us, that's growers,
supermarkets and shoppers," Ms Velisha said.
"As individuals we feel like we're quite powerless but we're actually quite
powerful and we can make decisions every day that can potentially change a
whole food system along the line."
She said consumers could influence change by not being so picky.
Australians waste nearly 8 million tonnes of food every year, ranking it as the
world's tenth most wasteful nation, according to End Food Waste Australia
(EFWA).
Of the food wasted, 70 per cent of it is edible.
EFWA's Melissa Smith said throwing it out cost households $50 a week and the
country $36 billion a year in wasted resources.
"Globally food waste has a bigger carbon footprint than flying, which in
Australia it's about 3.5 per cent of our emissions," Ms Smith said.'
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