UPCYCLE | SUSTAINABILITY
Words : René Lötter
When we hear the term “ upcycled food ”, many of us tend to think of yucky old food sold to us for consumption . Not so . Upcycled food mainly means harnessing perfectly viable food items and putting them back into the food chain .
In a sense this is not a new concept . Way back in ye olden times , when people lived off the land without supermarkets on every corner , every piece of usable organic material was upscaled . If industries start analyzing their waste byproducts and seeing what they can do with it , many of these products will not be wasted and may even save – or make – them money . Upcycling is a growing industry .
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Kenneth Gormley from Patchwork Group South Africa believes our country is still far behind what is being achieved in more advanced economies , and there is a huge amount of potential .
“ Most people imagine rotting food or dumpster diving , but this is not what we do . We take food items that still have immense potential and
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