Healing and reconfiguring our current food systems will positively contribute to each of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) outlined by the United Nations (UN). Doing food better will also significantly help meet net zero emissions targets.

What are the Sustainable Development Goals? The SDGs are the core framework to support the UNs Decade of Action - a shared vision to end poverty, rescue the planet and build a peaceful world by 2030. To date more than 193 countries have adopted these goals and are contributing to their advancement.

People Power -Each and every one of us can, (and must!) take action toward creating a better future. It is possible to drive change and our everyday decisions can impact these ambitious but necessary targets. Rethinking food is a very real and potent agent of change.

Our Current Food System -Our current food system accounts for nearly a quarter of our global carbon emissions. As individuals, food makes up around 30% of our carbon footprint (this is more than our transport and home energy use combined). Food production also contributes to biodiversity loss, land degradation and waste production.

When it comes to the environmental impact and nutritional content of food we need to start with how our food is grown. Food production accounts for more than 80% of a product's carbon footprint, resource use and impact on biodiversity. The soil conditions in which a product is grown are directly linked to it’s nutrient level.

Healthy Soil = Healthy Planet = Healthy People 

At Your Food Collective we works with growers who are on a regenerative journey. This means that they grow with respect to the systems and processes that support our planet. A key component of regenerative farming is improving soil health through crop rotation, no-till farming and minimal use of synthetic inputs like fertilizers and pesticides. Regenerative farming is also pretty magical when it comes to carbon sequestration. It’s thought to be one of the fundamental tools we can use to draw down carbon from the atmosphere and store it back in our soils.

Healthy Soil = Better Food = Less Carbon in our Atmosphere

How are we tracking? Using the world's largest product sustainability database we are ranking the on-farm footprint of our products against 7 key impact measurements including greenhouse gas emissions, processing, water use, labour risk, biodiversity, land use, animal welfare and soil health. We are the only grocery offering in Australia to add this sort of rigorous data assessment to our claims. Using this assessment we can say with confidnce that 80% of our products are in the top 25% of products that are better for the planet. Look for the planet icons on products to show you how sustainable they are.

Eating food that’s been grown in season is better for you and the planet. Out of season food takes more resources to grow (think heating greenhouses in winter), is often imported (90% of the garlic consumed in Australia is imported) or transported from distant growing regions. The convenience of our current supermarkets means that we can buy out-of-season produce at any time of year, often without even knowing we’re doing it. 

The beautiful thing about eating produce that’s in season, is that it has a smaller carbon footprint and doesn’t taste like cardboard. 

Keep an eye out for seasonality icons on our produce to help you follow the seasons.

In Australia we waste more than 7.6 million tonnes of food each year costing more than $36 billion. To halve Australia’s
food waste by 2030 (yes that’s the national target), we need to reduce food waste through distribution by fifty percent

Through our bespoke ‘just in time ordering’ process we have reduced food waste through distribution by 100%. Food that
doesn’t meet our quality standards is given to local charities. Anything else is commercially composted or fed to friendly chooks.