308: What difference would it make if we all ate seasonal food?

<div>Should we all be considering switching to a diet made up of seasonal food? <br> <br> It's a big question, and the impact could be huge too. How would it affect the food system? What difference would it make to the planet?<br> <br> In theory, only eating foods that are produced in your region at certain times of the year should mean fewer carbon emissions and <a href="https://foodmatterslive.com/article/fsa-food-and-you-2-consumer-food-habits/">less waste</a>.<br> <br> But how big an impact would it really have? How likely is it that such a big change can be affected? And would it really benefit all of us?<br> <br> Our guest in this episode of the podcast is the food entrepreneur, Emilie Vanpoperinghe.<br> <br> Emilie is co-founder of <a href="https://www.oddbox.co.uk/">Oddbox</a>, a company that delivers thousands of boxes of in-season fruit and vegetables every week as part of its fight to make the world more sustainable.      <br> <br> Oddbox has one of the clearest tag-lines around: Wonky Fruit &amp; Veg | Deliciously Odd &amp; Delivered to Your Door.<br> <br> Listen to the full episode to find out more about Emilie and Oddbox, why she believes switching to a seasonal diet could have a dramatic impact on the environment, and how the idea of seasonal eating fits, or otherwise, with the <a href="https://foodmatterslive.com/article/back-to-the-80s-food-inflation-hit-its-highest-level-in-40-years-no-sign-of-stopping/">cost of living crisis</a>.<br> <br> <strong>Emilie Vanpoperinghe, Co-founder, Oddbox<br> </strong><br> Oddbox is a sustainable fruit and veg box tackling food waste. Oddbox rescues delicious fresh fruit and veg which is deemed ‘too big’, ‘too ugly’, the ‘wrong’ colour, or ‘too many’ from going to waste.<br> <br> A supply-led model, Oddbox partners with growers throughout the UK to box up and deliver this ‘too odd’ or ‘too many’ produce to a food waste fighting community across the UK.<br> <br> With every box its community reduces food waste, saves CO2 and water.<br> <br> Since its inception in 2