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The Food Waste and Food Insecurity Crisis in America: Interweaving a Resolution

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posted on 2024-05-17, 14:30 authored by Shailen Pathy

There is no shortage of crises in our country today. From healthcare to drugs to crime to the state of the economy, there is an overwhelming amount to tackle, and anything and everything is politicized. Solutions to these pressing issues are not always easy or convenient, but awareness is often the first step to ensuring that complex issues can ultimately be resolved.

The concerns of food insecurity and food waste are intimately intertwined, and developing complementary solutions that address both is ideal and possible.

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Food-Fueled

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Food-Fueled is an undergraduate research journal centered around food-related topics as an extension of American University’s RECIPES project. Funded by the National Science Foundation, RECIPES brings together over 40 researchers working at 15 institutions in order to advance the science needed to make our wasteful food system more sustainable, equitable, and resilient. Food-Fueled aims to publish works on food-related issues ranging from policy to food science, to personal narratives about the influence of food, nature, and agriculture. This work was supported by NSF Grant # 2115405 SRS RN: Multiscale RECIPES (Resilient, Equitable, and Circular Innovations with Partnership and Education Synergies) for Sustainable Food Systems. Findings and conclusions reported within Food-Fueled are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. This article can also be found at the following website: https://edspace.american.edu/foodfueled/issues/volume-i/the-food-waste-and-food-insecurity-crisis-in-america-interweaving-a-resolution/ All journal content can be found at the following website: https://edspace.american.edu/foodfueled/

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