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Food wastage not intrinsic to Singapore's culture: Tristram Stuart

Tristram Stuart is an international award-winning author, speaker and campaigner on the environmental and social impacts of food production. Food production is the single biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions and the largest user of fresh water and a third of the world’s food supply is wasted each day. Singapore is no stranger to the global phenomenon of food wastage, as buffets for special occasions like weddings and birthdays seem to happen all the time. Indeed, there has been a 50-per-