Food Waste, Religion, and Spirituality

Yoreh, Tanhum; Scharper, Stephen Bede

doi:10.4324/9780429462795-5

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“…This section reveals the moralities involved in the disposal of surplus food. The topic of household food waste has seldom been studied from a moral and faith perspective (Yoreh and Scharper, 2020;Zamri et al, 2020). This paper illustrates how participants enacted their moral beliefs and avoided the sin of waste by diverting the surplus food generated at their gatherings to other forms of consumption.…”

Section: Avoiding Food Waste: the Moral Duties To Preserving Blessingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Household food waste in domestic gatherings – the negotiation between social and moral duties

Aleshaiwi

2023

BFJ

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PurposeThe paper investigates household food waste at domestic gatherings. It explains how surplus food and food waste are generated, managed and disposed of at gatherings hosted in homes. It reveals how hosts negotiate their social duties to be generous and moral duties to avoid food waste.Design/methodology/approachTwenty-eight in-depth interviews were conducted with female, Saudi citizens and analyzed thematically using Braun and Clarke's approach. Goffman's theoretical concepts were deployed later in the analysis process to expose the complex nature of hospitality practices.FindingsIt reveals two main insights. First, the hosts' social duties involve staging the dinner table in line with hospitality norms. Such a staging almost always results in large amounts of surplus, but is necessary to manage guests' impressions and avoid criticism. Second, the enactment of moral and religious beliefs helps to divert surplus food away from waste toward charitable giving and, thence, to other forms of consumption. The findings reveal the social and moral purposes that surplus food serves; it enables people to be generous and charitable.Practical implicationsSuch insights provide guidance to practitioners by revealing how providing mechanisms for people to enact their existing moral beliefs can keep surplus food away from the waste stream.Originality/valueIt contributes to the limited food waste literature on domestic gatherings and moral and religious beliefs. Also, using Goffman's concepts adds depth to such an under-theorized area and a new lens to look at food waste-related practices as they are embedded within social interactions.

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Section: Avoiding Food Waste: the Moral Duties To Preserving Blessingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Avoiding Food Waste: the Moral Duties To Preserving Blessingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Household food waste in domestic gatherings – the negotiation between social and moral duties

Aleshaiwi

2023

BFJ

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“…In this section, the important criteria include that the food used is halal, and that it is obtained with clean money, purity, being in ablution, calling God for every food, looking carefully at food and communicating with food, eating on time, until one is not hungry. Do not eat food and stop eating before you are full, use the benefits of food, eat safely, chew at least 32 times, eat while sitting on the floor, eat as a family and avoid being alone while eating [6,10,12,[20][21][22][23][24][25].…”

Section: American Journal Of Biomedical Science and Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

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2023

AJBSR

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Introduction: Health has different dimensions, one of which is spiritual health. The indicators of the farm, transportation, product processing, cooking, while eating can have an impact on spirituality in different ways by affecting the person's food. This study, by examining Islamic studies and narratives, seeks to investigate the influence and relationship between these factors and the spiritual health of a person. Methods:In this study, it examines the impact of nutrition on spiritual health from the farm to the table using a descriptive and analytical method. In this regard, using the keywords of spiritual health, spirituality, lifestyle, nutrition, cooking, sleep, air, and farm to table, all related sites were searched. Also, databases and narrative books and Iranian Islamic medicine sources were examined. In this regard, 130 titles of articles and books were obtained, of which 55 were discarded after studying their summaries. Among the remaining number, 15 sources were used to fully study the articles and books. The narratives obtained were analyzed in 5 axes, which can form a perfect human being by influencing nutrition.Results: According to the narratives and narrative books and Iranian medicine, 5 axes were studied, which were taken into consideration by influencing food in order to reach the perfect human being. These 5axes include farm indicators, transportation, product processing, cooking, while eating. These 5axes can affect the cells of the body by influencing the food and bring a person closer to God if he walks in the right direction in the mentioned 5 axes. Conclusion:One of the main ways of reforming society and creating spirituality and reviving human nature is the health of the food process from the farm to the table. In this study, 5 factors of indicators of farm, transportation, product processing, cooking, while eating can lead a person to spiritual evolution by influencing the food which is obtained according to Islamic standards from the farm to the table. Any change outside the nature of food causes the natural direction of man and food to collide and prevents man from approaching God and can increase the crime, social disorders, and diseases. Unnatural food causes unnatural thoughts and behavior in humans and leads away from spirituality. Since health is the focus of everything, even the ascension of man, and every human being wants to grow even in the field of spirituality, he must be a healthy person, so it is necessary to observe the natural considerations in the 5 mentioned axes for spiritual health. According to the above, it seems that one of the main ways of reforming society and creating a spiritual trend and reviving human nature is the health of the food process from the farm to the table.

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“…The main chosen products that come in a can are processed meat, vegetables, and legumes (mainly corn, chickpeas, peas, and mushrooms), as well as canned fruits. The national religious community consumes the most canned food (27 units per month), followed by the Hasidic groups (Neturei Karta (24), Hassidim (23) and Chabad (25 units per month). Foreign Litvish consume significantly less canned food (16 units per month).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In an urban residential neighborhood of Israel, Mark et al examined environmental awareness among Haredi residents and found that despite some interest, environmental issues are perceived to be a pointless, physical preoccupation in everyday life [21]. A large amount of research has been conducted by Yoreh, who examined attitudes toward consumption, the environment, wastefulness and recycling among Haredi communities in Israel and Canada [22][23][24]. Using Ramat Shlomo as a case study, it is possible to distinguish the consumption behavior of population groups that are similar in some respects but are interested in maintaining their unique lifestyles and habits.…”

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Group Consumption and Ecological Footprint: The Effect of Habits and Lifestyle

Ashery

2022

Sustainability

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Different religious communities seem to tell different tales about the influence of consumption on the ecological footprint, and the boundaries created between consumption and places. Our case study, Ramat Shlomo neighbourhood in Jerusalem, is highly segregated and provides us with a unique opportunity to examine the consumption habits of essential products and disposable utensils, as well as the circumstances, barriers, and facilitators that contribute to the production and maintenance of ecological footprints. Using a door-to-door survey, our findings hint at a link between multi-generational consumption habits of certain essential products, including unhealthy food and disposable utensils and low family income, health, and environmental impacts. Aside from affecting an individual’s health, these choices also have a greater footprint. As the Haredi demographic becomes more prominent in Israeli society, its influence on the environment grows. lifestyle characteristics and habits are not merely a product of limited resources and residents may prefer to consume low-quality foods or spend money on plastic even when they can afford other alternatives. Such preferences at the household level affect the larger components of the neighbourhood and affect the entire urban matrix as a whole.

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Food Waste, Religion, and Spirituality

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Household food waste in domestic gatherings – the negotiation between social and moral duties

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