Spritch Talks

Sarah Pritchard

I love learning about all things, join me as I talk about some of those things and some of my favorite things.

Episodes

  1. 04/26/2021

    The Food Waste Problem in America, Explained

    What is food waste and why is it so bad? Join Sarah as she does a deep dive into the complexities of food waste and how we can combat it. The information in this episode was found via these sources: Depta, L. (2018, September). Global food waste and its environmental impact. Reset. https://en.reset.org/knowledge/global-food-waste-and-its-environmental-impact-09122018 Feeding America. (n.d.). Protecting our food partners. Feeding America. https://www.feedingamerica.org/about-us/partners/become-a-product-partner/food-partners Food Law and Policy Clinic. (2018, March). Food safety regulations & guidance for food donations: A fifty-state survey of state practices. Harvard Law School. https://www.chlpi.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/50-State-Food-Regs_March-2018_V2.pdf Lowrey, A. (2021, April 6). Your diet is cooking the planet. The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/04/rules-eating-fight-climate-change/618515/ OurChangingClimate. (2020, March 27). Food waste causes climate change. Here’s how we stop it [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MpfEeSem_4 Roe, B. (2020). Progress and challenges in empirical food waste research: A commentary on “estimating food waste as household production inefficiency,” and “household food waste and inefficiencies in food production.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 103(1), 22-25.  https://doi-org.proxy.library.vcu.edu/10.1111/ajae.12163 U.S. Department of Agriculture. (n.d.). Food waste FAQs. USDA. https://www.usda.gov/foodwaste/faqs Vox. (2017, May 10). Food waste is the world’s dumbest problem [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RlxySFrkIM

    The Food Waste Problem in America, Explained

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I love learning about all things, join me as I talk about some of those things and some of my favorite things.