Acknowledgements IV

Foreword V

Dear Educators VI

Overview VIII

  About this guide

  At a glance IX

  Suggested sequence X

On Youth Leadership, Behaviour Change, and Adapting this Guide XII

01. Understanding 1

  What is Food Waste? 2

  The food cycle: From Farm to Fork (and Beyond) 3

  What Food Means To Me: Haiku and ZIP Ode Poetry 5

  Food Memories 11

  Ne’Ma Food Waste App 19

02. Acting 21

  “Waste Not” Audit 22

  Use Your Senses: Managing Food 25

  Saving the Scraps 27

  Flexible Recipes 36

  Kitchen Skills 39

  Kitchen Pitch 40

03. Acting 41

  Closing the Loop: Understanding Organic Waste and Composting 42

  Growing From Your Food Scraps 46

  Real World Interaction 48

  Optiwaste App 50

04. Advocating 51

  Spreading the Word 53

  Full Plates & Equal Places: Linking Food Waste, Gender Equity, and Sustainability 56

  Persuasive Essay 64

References 67

Definitions 69

Annex 71

General Resources 72