MUM COOKS UP WAY TO REDUCE WASTE
A WARWICK mum has launched an online group she hopes will inspire the community to take the lead in reducing food and household waste across the region.
Sophie Spencer started the Facebook group Grow. Reuse. Create in January in an effort to stop the excessive consumption of household food wastage that ends up in landfill.
She said the group enabled members to gift any excess produce or second-hand goods that would otherwise be thrown away, to those in need. “The group’s whole mission is in the name really, people who grow produce can share their excess with others and people who need it can access it,” she said.
“If we grow more food here, then we have access to more fresher seasonal produce, and less food