10,000 Meals and Counting: How Your Purchases Are Fighting Food Waste

Did you know Australia wastes around 7.6 million tonnes of food every year? That's one of the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions in the country and it happens while millions of people go without enough to eat.

This year, we wanted to do something about both as part of our Charitable Giving Initiative.

The Partnership

We teamed up with OzHarvest, Australia's leading food rescue organisation, as part of our 2026 Charitable Giving Program. OzHarvest has a simple but powerful mission: collect quality surplus food from businesses and deliver it directly to people in need, for free.

Thanks to your purchases, we were able to make a $5,000 donation to OzHarvest, enough to fund up to 10,000 meals for Australians doing it tough.

That's 10,000 moments where someone didn't have to worry about where their next meal was coming from.

Why OzHarvest?

At Seed & Sprout, our mission has always been to do less harm and more good. When we looked at who was making a real, measurable difference on food waste and food security, OzHarvest stood out immediately. We were honestly quite thrown by their annual Frontline Report recently released that 70% of charities reported an increase in demand in the last 12 months and that 36% of clients are seeking food relief for the first time.

They've delivered over 250 million meals since founding in 2004. They operate across every state and territory. And every dollar donated goes directly to delivering food, not administration.

It aligns perfectly with the People and Planet pillars at the heart of our Charitable Giving Program.

Small choices, big impact

Every order you place, every product you choose, every time you share Seed & Sprout with a friend, it adds up. And this is proof of that. A community of conscious consumers helped put 10,000 meals on the table.

We're proud to have supported OzHarvest this year, and we're only just getting started.

Want to get involved directly? You can learn more about OzHarvest's work and donate at ozharvest.org.