ABSTRACT
Knowledge about the production and consumption of sustainable food is extensive. Community partnerships are on the increase, the business of sustainable restaurants and the people willing to travel to find them are working to make it less of a revolution and more a standard. Fair Food Forager, an Australian food tech start-up consisting of a mobile app and website listing ethical and sustainable food venues. Food waste is being addressed as restaurants attract people willing to travel large distances to be a part of closed cycle system. Contributors to the Fair Food Forager app have revealed that there are many local restaurants exchanging excess produce in a modern business barter system. Food systems contribute enormously to our climate and the lives of all humans and animals. Encouragingly the word ‘sustainable restaurant’ appears to be more often on the lips of the gastronomic tourist.
