Free 3 week online course, certified with an Atlantic Technological University (ATU) Digital Badge. Learn about the problem surrounding food waste, how you can reduce food waste at home and how you can go beyond your home to help your community. You can access all the ATU free courses from the link below, you will find our new course "Reducing Food Waste in the Home" under the environmental section.

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This is a one Year, Part-time, QQI Level 6 course. Our accredited courses, provided in partnership with Atlantic Technological University (ATU), offer flexibility. You can choose to do individual modules, multiple modules, or all modules which form a one year, part time, QQI Level 6 certificate in Sustainable Food Surplus Practices.

This is a free online course developed by ATU in partnership with FoodCloud Academy that focuses on how to manage, reduce and eliminate food waste along the food supply chain.This course aims to help people working in the food industry to take a step back and understand why food is wasted in the first place. This course also aims to showcase the many ways food waste and losses and surplus food can be managed in order to reduce our negative impact on the environment. It provides background information on food waste and losses and practical ways to manage those.

It is the first course of its kind that is aimed at people working in the food industry. It gives this important group ideas on how to measure food waste and losses and how to deal with these. Moreover, during the course learners get to explore the whole food supply chain from farm to fork.Whether you are working in primary production or retail or hospitality or you are involved in food donations, this course is for you! This MOOC can also be a taster for you to see if you want to study any of our accredited modules developed in collaboration with ATU. Access the course via