TY - JOUR
T1 - Introducing a dynamic framework to jointly address policy impacts on environmental and human health in a regional produce recovery and redistribution system
AU - Feingold, Beth J.
AU - Xue, Xiaobo
AU - Neff, Roni A.
AU - Bozlak, Christine
AU - Hosler, Akiko S.
AU - Jurkowski, Janine M.
N1 - Funding Information:
The time of BF, RN, CB, AH, and XX to conduct research reported in this publication was partially supported by the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research under award number – Grant ID: 557409. The content of this publication is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research. The time of RN was partly covered by the Grace Communications Foundation, which had no role in study design, analysis or decision to publish. The authors wish to thank Asma Bawla, Wonhyung Lee, Natasha Pernicka, Stacy Pettigrew, Angie Pender-Fox, Amy Halloran, Amy Klein, Marissa Peck, Sharon DiLorenzo, and Brendan Kelly for their early contributions to the study idea, and Marie Spiker for her contributions to the approach for modeling nutrient content.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
PY - 2019/8
Y1 - 2019/8
N2 - Regular consumption of fruits and vegetables is associated with a decreased risk of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality. Access to fresh produce is limited for individuals and families experiencing food insecurity. Emergency food programs, including food pantries, are important institutions for assuring access to nutritional foods for this population, including fresh produce. Produce availability at such institutions is on the rise thanks to donation, gleaning, food bank purchases, recovery programs multiscale policy interventions. These efforts also have coupled economic and environmental benefits for producers and retailers as surplus food is redirected from the waste stream, where it would otherwise produce greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change. Although varied surplus produce recovery programs have been implemented around the country and the world, little modeling of potentially synergistic impacts has accompanied their implementation. Thus, there remains sparse understanding of system-wide joint implications economically, environmentally, nutritionally, and epidemiologically. The goal of this paper is to offer a novel dynamic modeling framework capable of assessing environmental, nutritional, and health impacts of policies and programs in the food recovery and redistribution system. This unique framework serves as a scientific basis for implementing best management practices and policies to improve the sustainability of U.S. food systems.
AB - Regular consumption of fruits and vegetables is associated with a decreased risk of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality. Access to fresh produce is limited for individuals and families experiencing food insecurity. Emergency food programs, including food pantries, are important institutions for assuring access to nutritional foods for this population, including fresh produce. Produce availability at such institutions is on the rise thanks to donation, gleaning, food bank purchases, recovery programs multiscale policy interventions. These efforts also have coupled economic and environmental benefits for producers and retailers as surplus food is redirected from the waste stream, where it would otherwise produce greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change. Although varied surplus produce recovery programs have been implemented around the country and the world, little modeling of potentially synergistic impacts has accompanied their implementation. Thus, there remains sparse understanding of system-wide joint implications economically, environmentally, nutritionally, and epidemiologically. The goal of this paper is to offer a novel dynamic modeling framework capable of assessing environmental, nutritional, and health impacts of policies and programs in the food recovery and redistribution system. This unique framework serves as a scientific basis for implementing best management practices and policies to improve the sustainability of U.S. food systems.
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U2 - 10.1002/pa.1859
DO - 10.1002/pa.1859
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85054683034
SN - 1472-3891
VL - 19
JO - Journal of Public Affairs
JF - Journal of Public Affairs
IS - 3
M1 - e1859
ER -