24 Sep 2025

Waikato food rescue saves hundreds of kilos of waste

From Checkpoint, 4:24 pm on 24 September 2025

A Waikato food rescue group is harvesting hundreds of kilos of backyard bounty fruit that would other wise go to waste. Go Eco Food has been going for more than a decade but recently appealed to people with more home grown produce than they can use to donate it for re-distribution. Its chief executive Jo Wrigley spoke to Lisa Owen.