If you want your work addressing food waste to have the biggest impact on greenhouse gas emissions, prevent food waste to begin with, don’t rely on anaerobic digesters to deal with it. That’s the finding from a new report from UK-based food systems research group Feedback Global.
New report: Anaerobic digestion is no silver bullet for food waste
Posted by Steven Finn, Vice President of Food Waste Prevention. on September 21, 2020
Topics: measurement, Food Waste Strategies
China addresses food security by calling for food waste prevention
Posted by Justin W. Clewis, Country Manager, China on September 9, 2020
As food insecurity and hunger rise globally due to COVID-19, China launches a campaign to reduce food insecurity by preventing food waste.
According to a recent report from the United Nations World Food Programme, people in 25 countries are facing “devastating levels of hunger” in the wake of the pandemic. The Global Network Against Food Crises reports that in the 50 most food insecure countries, the number of people in “crisis or worse” rose from 112 million to 123 million over the last year. Even high-income nations like the United States are seeing increased hunger. Feeding America estimates the pandemic will lead to 54 million American’s becoming food insecure.
Topics: measurement, Food Waste Strategies, COVID-19
Leanpath Scout, a new food waste Tracker for lower-volume kitchens
Posted by Leanpath on September 1, 2020
We're proud to introduce Leanpath Scout, a food waste Tracker custom designed to fit in small spaces, achieve fast ROI even with lower food budgets and still deliver big food waste reduction.
Topics: measurement, Food Waste Strategies, COVID-19
Harvard conference: food waste measurement in focus
Posted by Steven Finn, Vice President of Food Waste Prevention. on July 31, 2018
US Food Waste Summit, panel on Measurement of Food Waste. Panelists from left to right: Andrew Shakman, LeanPath, Inc. | Nell Fry, Sodexo | Kai Robertson, World Resources Institute | Alison Grantham, Blue Apron | Lisa Johnson, North Carolina State University | Jackie Suggitt, ReFED
LeanPath recently returned from the US Food Waste Summit in Cambridge, MA, a powerful event led by the Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic and ReFED which brought together leaders from all over the globe to focus on solutions to the food waste challenge.
Topics: Food Waste Musings, Latest News, Food Waste Prevention Newsletter, Food Waste News, food waste measurement, measurement
Report: Food “system” needs to be managed as a system if we want to see change
Posted by Sam Smith, Director of Marketing on July 2, 2018
Everybody talks about a “global food system,” but one of the biggest problems with that system is that it has never been managed as a system. We measure the success of a crop based on production per acre and we measure the cost of a tomato based on the price we pay at the grocery store. But what about all the other costs wrapped up in agriculture: the impact on biodiversity, the negative results of pesticide use, the treatment of workers, the impact of food waste.
Topics: Food Waste Musings, Latest News, Food Waste Prevention Newsletter, Food Waste News, measurement, Food Systems, AgriFood, TEEB