006: Dehydration: A Powerful Weapon Against Food Waste with TJ Galiardi & Lisa Johnson

<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The food waste problem is everywhere. It's about getting to the places where the most waste happens and upcycling as much of it as we can into products that can be used for human consumption.” </span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">-TJ Galiardi</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nearly a billion go hungry worldwide each year:  and one-third of our food is lost to waste.  Yet, we are producing enough food to feed everyone.  Can we use dehydration as a means to address the problem of global food waste?  Absolutely!  In this episode, former NHL star TJ Galiardi, Co-Founder & CMO of</span> <a href="https://outcastfoods.us"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Outcast Foods</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, talks about a unique dehydrating technique that helps increase a product's shelf life without sacrificing its nutritional value. Using their proprietary dehydration technique,</span> <a href="https://outcastfoods.us"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Outcast Foods</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">is helping to reduce food loss. </span> <a href="https://outcastfoods.us"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Outcast Foods</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Co-Founder & CMO, TJ Galiardi, is actively encouraging other companies and consumers to get in the game and do the same!  Business owners and consumers alike are shaped by society to believe in the notion of perfect produce.  Changing this mindset will allow us to move toward a regenerative future at a faster rate. Tune in to find out how you, too, can support the vision of upcycling and give a new life to perfectly imperfect foods!</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Connect with Lisa Johnson:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lisa Johnson is a leader in food loss and waste - focused on agricultural production. She is a seasoned horticulturist with a broad range of experience in local, organic, sustainable, conventional, and biotech food and agriculture. Lisa’s researc