Although there are vast data gaps in quantifying both the problem of food waste and the solutions of food recovery in Alaska, there’s a lot to celebrate.
Updated: 2 minutes agoShelves are well stocked at the Chugiak-Eagle River Food Pantry inside a Presbyterian church in Eagle River, Alaska, on Friday, April 21, 2023.
I must admit, I prickled at first at the idea that the solution to food waste in the U.S. as a matter of individual behavior changes. It is such a colossal, complicated problem. Then again, I believe in collective impact and the need to start somewhere. As a co-chair of the Alaska Food Policy Council’s Food Waste Working Group, I’ve found that the individuals who take that to heart—collective impact and starting somewhere—they do make a huge difference.
The AFPC Food Waste Working Group learned to frame our conversations using the EPA’s Wasted Food Scale, which illustrates that the solutions to food waste exist along a continuum. The EPA’s Scale starts by reducing food waste at its source or by donating food waste for the benefit of other people. If those options are no longer available, then there’s other activities to choose from: feeding food waste to animals, composting, or simply applying food waste back to agricultural land.
As keepers of this collective knowledge, the AFPC Food Waste Working Group is working towards a way to keep this information and inspiration flowing. Although we sometimes feel discouraged by the vast data gaps in quantifying both the problem of food waste and the solutions of food recovery in Alaska, we know there’s a lot to celebrate.
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