Theme Overview: Examining Food Loss and Food Waste in the United States

Kathryn Boys and Bradley J. Rickard

Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, 2019, vol. 34, issue 01

Abstract: This collection of articles examines a range of contemporary food waste and food loss issues in farm, institutional foodservice, retail, and household settings. Taken together, this theme offers intriguing insights on various private and public efforts in the United States to better characterize, quantify, and reduce food waste and loss.

Keywords: Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.283502

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