Fighting food waste: four stories from around the world

Across the globe, initiatives such as food-sharing clubs and projects aimed to reducing post-harvest losses for poor farmers are making a difference

A group of volunteers stand in the FareShare depot in Deptford, south-east London, as shift coordinator James Souteriou calls out items. They are putting together grocery orders to be delivered to organisations across London - to a branch of the homelessness charity Thames Reach, to the Holborn Community Association and a local nursery and infants' school.