USAID’s Kitchen Sink: A Food Loss and Waste Podcast

About USAID’s Kitchen Sink: A Food Loss and Waste Podcast

Welcome to USAID’s Kitchen Sink: A Food Loss and Waste Podcast! 30 to 40 percent of the food we produce is wasted or lost, contributing to a global food crisis with over 800 million going to bed hungry. Listen on as USAID experts speak with researchers and development professionals to explore approaches to solving this critical issue that demands a kitchen sink approach. When it comes to climate, food security, agriculture production, and food systems sustainability, we have no time to waste.

Publisher

USAID Food Loss and Waste Community of Practice

Category

health & fitness · science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

5 Dec 2022

Latest episode

16 Jan 2025

Latest episodes

31 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   16 Jan 2025

   Reimagining Sustainable Food Systems through Circular Economy with Sandra Vijn of Kipster

   Over one-third of the world’s food is lost or wasted, undermining efforts to end hunger and malnutrition while contributing 8 to 10 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. In low- and middle-income countries, over 40 percent of food loss occurs before a crop even makes it to market, whether due to inadequate storage, pests or microbes, spoilage, spillage in transport or otherwise. Eliminating food loss and waste (FLW) would provide enough food to feed two billion people, as well as reduce...

2. 

   18 Dec 2024

   How Food Processing Can Reduce FLW with Vivian Maduekeh

   Over one-third of the world’s food is lost or wasted, undermining efforts to end hunger and malnutrition while contributing 8 to 10 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. In low- and middle-income countries, over 40 percent of food loss occurs before a crop even makes it to market, whether due to inadequate storage, pests or microbes, spoilage, spillage in transport or otherwise. Eliminating food loss and waste (FLW) would provide enough food to feed two billion people, as well as reduce...

3. 

   20 Nov 2024

   Nourishing our Neighbors: Feds Feed Families with Marie Bucko

   USAID's Marie Bucko discusses how federal programs like Feds Feed Families mitigate food loss and waste, providing enough nutritious food for two billion people to eat.

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

250,123

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 53 / 100

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Quality

47

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

60

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