Feeding Our World: Combating Food Waste and Unequal Access

COMBATING FOOD WASTE AND UNEQUAL ACCESS Jessica Eise is coeditor of How to Feed the World and Ross Fellow in the Purdue University Brian Lamb School of Communication doctoral program. She also is coauthor of The Communication Scarcity in Agriculture (Routledge, 2017). Jessica formerly served as director of communications for Purdue’s Department of Agricultural Economics, new media specialist in DC and international media consultant. Ken Foster is coeditor of How to Feed the World and professor of agricultural economics at Purdue University. He teaches agricultural price analysis and applied time series analysis. Foster served as head of the Department of Agricultural Economics from 2008 to 2017. He was the Chair of the National Association of Agricultural Economics Administrators and has been recognized nationally for his teaching, graduate mentorship, and outreach activities. Gerald Shively is Associate Department Head of Purdue’s College of Agriculture’s Agricultural Economics department. Professor Shively conducts nationally and internationally recognized research on agricultural development and the environment. His research focuses on the links among poverty, land and labor use, and natural resource management in developing regions of the world.

AGENDA Introduction by Jessica Eise Presentations Dr. Ken Foster Dr. Jerry Shively Jessica moderates discussion with panelists Audience Q&A – use the box in the Go To Webinar window Video will be posted on Islandpress.org/videos Please take brief survey about webinar content

COMBATING FOOD WASTE AND UNEQUAL ACCESS Jessica Eise is coeditor of How to Feed the World and Ross Fellow in the Purdue University Brian Lamb School of Communication doctoral program. She also is coauthor of The Communication Scarcity in Agriculture (Routledge, 2017). Jessica formerly served as director of communications for Purdue’s Department of Agricultural Economics, new media specialist in DC and international media consultant. Ken Foster is coeditor of How to Feed the World and professor of agricultural economics at Purdue University. He teaches agricultural price analysis and applied time series analysis. Foster served as head of the Department of Agricultural Economics from 2008 to 2017. He was the Chair of the National Association of Agricultural Economics Administrators and has been recognized nationally for his teaching, graduate mentorship, and outreach activities. Gerald Shively is Associate Department Head of Purdue’s College of Agriculture’s Agricultural Economics department. Professor Shively conducts nationally and internationally recognized research on agricultural development and the environment. His research focuses on the links among poverty, land and labor use, and natural resource management in developing regions of the world.

Combating Food Loss and Waste Professor Ken Foster

How Big is the Food Loss/Waste Problem? In the USA about 1/3 of the calories produced (USDA – ERS) Enough calories for 70 billion people per year Single largest contributor to landfills (USEPA) ~16 million (12.7%) of households are food insecure (USDA – ERS) In Developed Countries More than is produced in Sub-Saharan Africa (UN – FAO) Worldwide ~795 million persons chronically undernourished (UN – FAO)

Achieving Equal Access Professor Jerry Shively

Total calorie availability and the share of non-staples in total calorie availability, 1961-2013 Data source: UN Food and Agriculture Organization

Food budget shares for 144 countries, 2005 Data source: USDA International Comparison Program

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Where and How the Losses/Wastes Occur

We/You Aren’t Helpless Government, Industry, Researchers and Educators Harvest and Post-harvest Technology Individual Consumers Preservation Reality Checks Re-purposing Communities Individual Action Collective Action

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