Food Waste Management Practices and Barriers to Progress in U.S. University Foodservice.

ABSTRACT: Identifying institutional capacity to reduce and reallocate food waste is important to reduce both greenhouse gas emissions and food insecurity. The goal of this study was to examine food waste concern, reduction and repurposing strategies, and perceived barriers to these strategies among U.S. university foodservice representatives. We surveyed 57 U.S. university foodservice representatives about foodservice operations, campus food insecurity, food waste reduction and repurposing activities, and obstacles to composting and donating food waste. Data were collected September 2019-February 2020. Roughly three-quarters of respondents tracked campus food waste, reported that food waste reduction was a high/very high priority, and reported concern about campus food insecurity. The most common fo

SUBMITTER: Musicus AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9180560 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature