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Food Waste

3.8 Takeaways and Resources

References

Allen, K. (2020, August 13). China launches ‘Clean Plate’ campaign against food waste. BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-53761295

Food Rescue. (2018, February 20). Second Harvest. https://www.secondharvest.ca/our-work/food-rescue

ForumIAS. (2019, September 17). Mega Food Park scheme. ForumIAS Blog. https://blog.forumias.com/mega-food-park-scheme/

Government of Canada. (2017, June 2). Food policy for Canada. Canada.ca. https://www.canada.ca/en/campaign/food-policy.html

Government of Canada. (2022, January 28). Food loss and waste. https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/managing-reducing-waste/food-loss-waste.html

Iannuzzi, J. (2021, April 25). Food waste and solutions for combating the crisis. The University of Maine. https://umaine.edu/sustainability/2021/04/25/food-waste/

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Janus, A. (2019, January 17). More than half of all food produced in Canada is lost or wasted, report says. CBC. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/food-waste-report-second-harvest-1.4981728

Ortiz, J. C. B. (2021, December 29). An alliance to fight food waste and food insecurity in Colombia. Herbalife nutrition. https://iamherbalifenutrition.com/global-responsibility/food-insecurity-colombia/

Plötz, T. (2022, February 4). Looking at household food waste in Colombia. WWF. Retrieved December 13, 2022, from https://www.wwf-scp.org/colombia-household-food-waste/

Robinson, D. (2022, December 2). 25 shocking facts about food waste. Earth.Org. https://earth.org/facts-about-food-waste/

S.G. (2017, December 9). Mexico wastes more than 20.4 million tons of food each year. El Universal. https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/mexico-wastes-more-204-million-tons-food-each-year

Thacker, H. (2018, February 23). Food wastage in India. The CSR Journal.  https://thecsrjournal.in/food-wastage-india/

The Yucatan Times Newsroom. (2019, October 22). How can Mexico reduce food waste?. The Yucatan Times. https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2019/10/how-can-mexico-reduce-food-waste/

United Nations. (2021, December 31). Big data to reduce food loss and waste for sustainable growth. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. https://sdgs.un.org/partnerships/big-data-reduce-food-loss-and-waste-sustainable-growth

United Nations. (2022, April 20). Case study Bogotá (Colombia): Using technologies to reduce food waste. UN Environment Programme. https://www.unep.org/resources/case-study/case-study-bogota-colombia-using-technologies-reduce-food-waste

Wong, C. (2022, January 28). Food waste in China and how the government is combating it. Earth.Org. Retrieved November 22, 2022, from https://earth.org/food-waste-in-china/

Wozniacka, G. (2019, August 20). Study finds farm-level food waste is much more than we thought. Civil eats. https://civileats.com/2019/08/20/study-finds-farm-level-food-waste-is-much-worse-than-we-thought

Resources

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MyPlate- Meal Planning.

Refrigeration and Food Safety.

FoodKeeper App.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration:

How to Cut Food Waste and Maintain Food Safety.

Date Labels on Packaged Foods Infographic.

Tips to Reduce Food Waste (including three infographics).

Food Waste Facts Infographic.

Animated Videos with Information on:

  • Tips to reduce food waste.
  • Understanding date labels on packaged foods.
  • The impact of food waste.
  • Imperfect produce.

Sources of Statistics

Estimated from: U.S. EPA, 2019 Wasted Food Report (pdf), 2023.

U.S. EPA, Quantifying Methane Emissions from Landfilled Food Waste (pdf), 2023.

United States Department of Agriculture, The Estimated Amount, Value, and Calories of Postharvest Food Losses at the Retail and Consumer Levels in the United States.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, The State of Food and Agriculture 2019. Moving Forward on Food Loss and Waste Reduction (pdf)(13.2 MB, 2019).

United Nations Environment Programme, Food Waste Index Report 2024.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Food wastage footprint & Climate Change (pdf) (5.4 MB, 2015).

United States Environmental Protection Agency, From Farm to Kitchen: The Environmental Impacts of Food Waste (pdf) (11.8 MB, 2021).

United States Environmental Protection Agency, Quantifying Methane Emissions from Landfilled Food Waste (pdf) (1.77 MB, 2023).

United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service, Food Security in the U.S.: Key Statistics & Graphs.

United States Environmental Protection Agency, Advancing Sustainable Materials Management: 2016 Recycling Economic Information Report Methodology (pdf) (2.4 MB, 2016).

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, International Fund for Agriculture Development, the World Food Programme, and the World Health Organization, The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022. Repurposing food and agricultural policies to make healthy diets more affordable.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, International Fund for Agriculture Development and the World Food Programme, The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2014. Strengthening the enabling environment for food security and nutrition (pdf) (3 MB, 2014).

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