Jakarta – Through the zoom platform, Foodvengers held a webinar to increase awareness on food waste issues. Foodvengers is a movement of a group of LSPR students who invite people to reduce food waste. This webinar invited four speakers including Muhammad Farras – COO and Co Founder of Damogo, Alifah Fairuz – Communication Officer of Food Bank of Indonesia, Reza Pahlevi – Content Creator, and Garry Ang – Culinary Content Creator.

Muhammad Farras, COO and Co Founder of Damogo as speaker

Farras said, “Food waste in Indonesia is a common challenge”. To reduce food waste on a large scale, he created the Damogo application. This application allows food vendors to sell merchandise that hasn’t been sold out at a lower price, so you don’t have to throw it away. In addition, Farras also does it on a small scale, such as when buying vegetables he looks for the imperfect. Furthermore, it was Alifah’s turn to convey her views on food waste in Indonesia. “A lot of food in good condition was wasted”, she said. Therefore, Alifah and the Food Bank team tried to collaborate with many parties and carried out a campaign to invite people to finish the food they bought.

Reza Pahlevi, Content Creator as speaker

Reza Pahlevi, as a content creator, also pays attention to this issue. He always implements taking enough food and has even made a project to increase public awareness of food waste. Reza hopes that the government can create a campaign or even a special division to deal with this food waste issue. The webinar continued by looking through the point of view of a culinary content creator who has been involved in the culinary world for 6 years. While working in the hotel kitchen, Garry and the production team tried to make good use of food ingredients so as not to be thrown away. But he still often sees customers leaving their food so they have to be thrown away. That’s why Garry tries to educate the public about this issue through the content he creates, such as tips on storing raw materials, and others.

Reducing food waste can be started from yourself, with a wise way of choosing food and always spending food so as not to be wasted. The little things we do can have a big impact on our beloved earth.

Article by: Mita