How to combat food waste in a 'food desert' – video

Brixton People's Kitchen's answer to the 18m tons of edible food wasted in Britain every year is to create a network of volunteer collectors and cooks to divert food about to be discarded by local businesses in south London and then make it into delicious, wholesome dishes for whoever shows up. They teamed up with local parents at the Myatt's Fields Park Project to create an oasis in what residents say is a 'food desert' – an area where there is no real food available

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