Progress 05/01/14 to 04/30/15
Outputs Target Audience:Individuals of public and private sectors, government agencies and NGOs, industries and universities, local, regional, national, and international audience Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?More than 200 people - from the public and private sectors, government agencies and NGOs, industries and universities, local, regional, national, and a few international guests - demonstrated a high degree of enthusiasm and engaged in lively discussions throughout the two-day event. Conference summary, post-conference survey results, and conference attendee list are available at: repository.upenn.edu/thelastfoodmile/followup/ How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?The conference is impactful in multiple ways. First, the event provided an opportunity for people to come together to exchange ideas, learn from each other, engage, mobilize, and network. Second, the essence of the issue (food waste in the context of growing food security and environmental challenges) goes far beyond the conference event. After conference presentations were posted on the Internet (repository.upenn.edu/thelastfoodmile/sessions/), there have been 2,107 downloads since January 2015. Third, a book, stemming from the conference, is currently being organized; the tentative title is "The Last Food Mile: Food Loss&Waste and Its Reduction, Recovery, and Recycling in the United States - A 2015 Status Report". The book will be one-of-a-kind and a useful resource for many. Fourth, we are continuing and expanding our outreach through research and education efforts, e.g. incorporating food waste and food security into the curriculum, engaging students in and out of classroom settings, and conducting focus studies on consumer food behavior through grants from the University of Pennsylvania Research Foundation as well as PURM (Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program). What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts What was accomplished under these goals?
The Conference, "The last food mile conference - Food loss and food waste in the U.S. supply chain", was held on December 8-9, 2014 at the University of Pennsylvania. Twenty-five invited speakers addressed food waste-related issues in four panels: (i) Food industry initiatives and case studies, (ii) Consumer level food wastage, (iii) Food waste reduction, recovery, and recycling, (iv) Behavioral change. In addition, keynote presentations covered broader topics linking food wastage with the challenges of sustainably feeding 9 billion people in the coming decades. For conference program overview and speaker information, visit: repository.upenn.edu/thelastfoodmile/Last_Food_Mile_Program.pdt
Publications
- Type:
Websites
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
http://repository.upenn.edu/thelastfoodmile/
http://repository.upenn.edu/thelastfoodmile/Last_Food_Mile_Program.pdf
http://www.vet.upenn.edu/last-food-mile-conference
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
http://repository.upenn.edu/thelastfoodmile/sessions/
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