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4 Impacts of Reducing Food Loss and Waste on Food Availability
Pages 37-44

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... FEEDING AMERICA Liz Baldridge, director of sustainability and food waste initiatives at Feeding America, said that rescuing food that would otherwise go to waste is vital to a hunger-free country. Forty million people are food insecure in the United States, including 12 million children and 4.9 million seniors.
From page 38...
... , production of more nutritious foods, and new digital initiatives, including direct-to-consumer delivery. The challenging impacts of this evolution for Feeding America include fewer food donations created by inefficiencies, higher costs to access food donations, and food donations that include more fresh and perishable foods; however, the new digital channels are an advantage in providing food to people in need.
From page 39...
... Kroger's Zero Hunger | Zero Waste social impact plan encompasses all aspects of the corporate social responsibility efforts. The seven-point plan includes a $10 million innovation fund and accelerated donations to give 3 billion meals by 2025 (with a first milestone of 1 billion meals by 2020)
From page 40...
... A recent paper published in Nature showed that reducing food loss and waste is part of solutions, along with changing diets and improving technologies to remain within planetary boundaries defined as a safe operating space for humanity, while feeding the world in 2050.3 Dr. Hertel stated that the research shows the importance of reducing food loss and waste from a global environmental perspective.
From page 41...
... food supply and food intake (the food consumed by the population) , which takes into account body mass index and body weight, physical activity, and other factors.
From page 42...
... • Consequences of food loss and waste reductions interact with trade policies. • Mitigation of food waste and loss is important to attaining global environmental goals, including remaining within the planet's "safe operating space" for land, water availability and quality, and green house gas emissions.
From page 43...
... IMPACTS ON FOOD AVAILABILITY 43 are in the process of assembling the database to look at underlying relationships.


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