Upcycled Certified with Angie Crone of Upcycled Food Association

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Written By Modern Species

In this episode, we dive into the heart of the food waste crisis and explore innovative strategies to combat the staggering issue of food waste with Angie Crone, CEO of the Upcycled Food Association. The Upcycled Food Association is a nonprofit trade association focused on reducing food waste by growing the upcycled food economy through research, strategy, networking, and policy advocacy. In our conversation, we unpack the complexity of the food waste problem, the Upcycled Certified® Program, why solving the food waste problem is essential for combating climate change, and how trailblazing food brands are making it easier to be a part of the collective solution. Join us in this fascinating conversation and discover the urgency and compelling opportunities that lie in contributing to a sustainable, food waste-conscious future. Tune in now! 

Key Points From This Episode:

  • Overview of the food waste problem and the upcycling food process.

  • Why solutions are needed and background about the Upcycled Food Association.

  • The organization’s mission and how the upcycled food movement has grown.

  • Learn about the Upcycled Food Association’s approach to providing solutions.

  • Examples of how food waste can be made into something new.

  • Angie highlights some of the organization’s main achievements.

  • Discover the rigorous upcycle certification process and its requirements.

  • Explore why upcycling food is the best way of combating climate change.

  • Insights into the positive impacts on the environment from upcycling food.

  • Hear the benefits of upcycling food throughout the supply chain. Opportunities upcycling provides to regenerative agriculture practices.

  • She explains where listeners can buy certified upcycled food products.

  • A holiday-round of rapid-fire questions for Angie. 

“By capturing wasted food, we can not only mitigate climate change, and it has been identified as one of the top ways to do that, but also close that meal gap.” — @upcycledfoods [0:07:58]

“We have studies that 99% of people believe that food waste is an issue that needs to be solved. It is a rare topic of consensus.” — @upcycledfoods [0:11:14]

© 2023 Brands for a Better World 1 BFABW 123 Show Notes “All [upcycled] food is perfectly edible and meets all the same food safety requirements and testing requirements that are needed to put a product on the market.” — @upcycledfoods [0:24:39]

“We want to keep edible food in an edible form so that humans can eat it.” — @upcycledfoods [0:24:51]

“Sources of [food] waste are actually economic drivers for [people]. It is a new revenue stream to help improve their livelihoods.” — @upcycledfoods [0:26:59] 

Modern Species

A sustainable brand design agency helping better-for-the-world brand launch, evolve, and grow to scale their impact.

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