Environmental Stewardship: Reducing Food Waste While Improving Food Security

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Environmental Stewardship: Reducing Food Waste While Improving Food Security

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2019

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Resilient Communities Project (RCP), University of Minnesota

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Abstract

This project was completed as part of the 2018-2019 Resilient Communities Project (rcp.umn.edu) partnership with Ramsey County. In 2015, 12.7% of the population in Ramsey County did not have consistent access to enough food for an active and healthy life, or had limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate food. At the same time, food remains the largest source of solid waste by weight in Ramsey County, accounting for 26% of the total trash collected for disposal each year. Ramsey County project lead Rae Eden Frank worked with students participating in the Economic Development Fellowship Consulting Program to investigate strategies for reducing food waste and diverting edible food to sources where it can be distributed for human consumption. The students’ final report and presentation, and a poster and project brief summarizing the project, are available.

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Report, poster, project brief and presentation completed by students participating in the Economic Development Fellowship Consulting Program, offered through the Office of University Economic Development in Spring 2019.

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RCP-RC 11a;

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This project was supported by the Resilient Communities Project (RCP), a program at the University of Minnesota whose mission is to connect communities in Minnesota with U of MN faculty and students to advance community resilience through collaborative, course-based projects. RCP is a program of the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA). More information at http://www.rcp.umn.edu.

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Chapman, Tyler; Fleming, Katlyn; Graham, Linnea; Hammell, Abbey; Lupini, Matthew; Mack, Isaiah; Tillmann, Molly. (2019). Environmental Stewardship: Reducing Food Waste While Improving Food Security. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/205551.

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