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Oz Harvest Fight Food Waste

A campaign to help fight food waste

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We were delighted to be invited to help the remarkable OzHarvest.

A campaign message and identity was needed in the wake of Dan Goldberg’s “Food Fighter” documentary on OzHarvest founder, Ronni Kahn. On seeing the film, what might people do next? A clear call-to-action, related to, and distinct from, the OzHarvest identity.

Wasting food is something of a hidden ‘crime’. We do it at home. Nobody sees us do it. It pervades. Swept under the bin lid. 

We wanted to bring home the ‘ugly truth’ of it: wasted, rotten food. Face it. Make it visible. Stop the behaviour that leads to it.

Building on the documentary’s title “Food Fighter”, ‘Fight Food Waste’ became the obvious Phase 1 message of the campaign.

‘Stop the rot!’ is the more surprisingly obvious proposed Phase 2 message, underpinned by the ‘Fight Food Waste’ sign-off.

We continued playing with our food-related language to create a pantry full of support messages to further catch the ear and eye.  

Please, feel free to join in.

ozharvest.org/fightfoodwaste

foodfighterfilm.com

Mobile screens showing the Fight Food Waste site, sign-up form, and statistic about global food waste.

Black T-shirts promoting the Fight Food Waste campaign with “Stop the Rot” and campaign branding.

Night-time bus stop poster displaying “Stop the Rot! Waste costs” from the Fight Food Waste campaign.

Person holding a black tote bag printed with “Stop the Rot! Waste costs” campaign message.

Graphic stating “40% of all fruit and veg gets wasted” using a decayed orange as a visual metaphor.

Apples covered in Fight Food Waste stickers promoting messages like “Stop the Rot” and “Waste costs”.

Save your dough campaign poster highlighting food waste costs using a mouldy slice of bread.

Plan your meals, avoid the deals poster encouraging smarter shopping to reduce food waste.

Waste costs poster showing a coin to highlight the financial impact of food waste in Australia.

Be nice to rice poster promoting leftover rice storage to reduce food waste.

Fight Food Waste campaign Instagram posts displayed on mobile phones.