Putting Dollars to Waste: Estimating the Value of On-Farm Food Loss

Rebecca D. Dunning, Lisa K. Johnson and Kathryn Boys

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

Abstract: Unharvested produce may represent market inefficiencies and forgone farmer income. This article estimates costs and returns for select southeastern vegetable crops based on field estimates from North Carolina. Findings indicate that additional harvests are warranted in some cases and, when aggregated across the state, represent significant unrealized farm income.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.283536

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