Gleaning: Turning Food Waste at Farms into Marketable Products

Kowalczyk, Christine M.; Taillon, Brian J.; Hearn, Laura

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-20561-4_13

Cited by 6 publications

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“…Gleaning, which is the opportunity for voluntary actors to collect farm produce that is left on the field by farmers, is another solution that reflects the solidarity framing. In addition to being utilized by NGOs to feed those in need, gleaning represents an emerging business opportunity (Kowalczyk, Taillon, and Hearn 2020). Furthermore, start-up companies have emerged that focus on facilitating the sharing of surplus food through, for example, offering mobile applications that sell unsold restaurant meals to consumers at a discounted price (ResQ Club, Finland) or help restaurants distribute surplus meals (Olio, United Kingdom).…”

Section: Public Policy and Market Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Framings of Food Waste: How Food System Stakeholders Are Responsibilized in Public Policy Debate

Mesiranta¹,

Närvänen²,

Mattila³

2021

Journal of Public Policy & Marketing

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Food waste is a global sustainability issue that demands several stakeholders to participate in solving it. This article examines how different food system stakeholders are held responsible in the policy debate related to food waste reduction. The study adopts a framing approach, paying attention to the construction and negotiation of what is going on in the food waste related public policy debate. The data consist of documents generated as a result of food policy development processes in Finland. The authors identify four framings: eco-efficiency, solidarity, safety and appreciation. Within each framing, the issue of food waste is presented differently, and different stakeholders are responsibilized. The framings reveal the nature of food waste as a boundary object, a flexible and open-ended object that gains different context-dependent meanings. The study extends marketing literature on responsibilization by investigating several stakeholders besides consumers. Additionally, considering food waste as a boundary object unravels how stakeholders, even those with conflicting interests, can debate policy measures collaboratively. Finally, the authors outline policy implications related to each framing.

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Section: Public Policy and Market Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Framings of Food Waste: How Food System Stakeholders Are Responsibilized in Public Policy Debate

Mesiranta¹,

Närvänen²,

Mattila³

2021

Journal of Public Policy & Marketing

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“…While ZgH buys food whose best before date has expired from the trade and sales organizations, it is mainly deformed fruits and vegetables that are bought from the farmers. Given that this deformed produce is often not harvested, ZgH encourages the farmers to understand gleaning as a new business solution (Kowalczyk, Taillon & Hearn 2020). Moreover, ZgH actively calls for private gleaning on their website:…”

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Standards and Waste: Valuing Food Waste in Consumer Markets

Arnold

2022

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Standards drive waste accumulation, which is particularly evident in the case of food. This article illuminates how food that is discarded due to failed standardized expectations is valued in consumer markets. Theoretically oriented by insights from the sociology of standards and valuation studies, it examines three Swiss organizational initiatives that successfully value food waste. Based on rich qualitative data, the article compares the three valuation processes and finds two central commonalities. On the one hand, the initiatives replace the valuation based on product standards with sensory experience. On the other, the initiatives employ additives that buttress the valuation process. These additives include additionally purchased food that enable the processing of the waste and various judgment devices that help consumers in judging the valued food waste. While improving our knowledge of how waste turns into food again, the article's main contribution lies in bringing the nexus between standards and waste to our attention.

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“…Moreover, solutions to food waste can cause "value conflicts" between stakeholders where one solution might seem suitable for one party but not for the other 2 (Dentoni et al, 2018). At the same time, meeting the upcoming SDG 12.3 target 3 requires different stakeholders in the food chain, both private and public, to actively work towards providing innovative solutions (F eret, 2020;Kowalczyk et al, 2020).…”

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A multi-stakeholder partnership to fight food waste in the hospitality industry: a contribution to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 12 and 17

Visser-Amundson

2020

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

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Gleaning: Turning Food Waste at Farms into Marketable Products

Cited by 6 publications

References 24 publications

Framings of Food Waste: How Food System Stakeholders Are Responsibilized in Public Policy Debate

Framings of Food Waste: How Food System Stakeholders Are Responsibilized in Public Policy Debate

Standards and Waste: Valuing Food Waste in Consumer Markets

A multi-stakeholder partnership to fight food waste in the hospitality industry: a contribution to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 12 and 17

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