Greek crisis prompts rethink on food waste

Athens

WITH little end to their economic misery in sight, Greeks are finding inventive ways to feed the poor while also fighting waste - a movement that is chipping away at traditional attitudes to food.

Three years ago, Xenia Papastavrou came up with a simple idea: take unsold food from shops and restaurants that was headed for the bin, and use it to feed the growing number of Greeks going hungry as the financial crisis took hold.