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College students are change-makers: The fight against food waste and food insecurity


JAFSCD peer-reviewed article by Kendra OoNorasak, Dr. Makenzie Barr, Dr. Michael Pennell, Jordan Hinton, Julia Garner, Cora Kerber, Celia Ritter, Liana Dixon, Cana Rhode, Dr. Tammy Stephenson (all at the U of Kentucky)


 



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Food waste and food insecurity are paradoxical global concerns despite adequate food production available to feed the world population. Such prevalence of food waste is especially troubling when one considers that 14.3 million Americans were food insecure in 2019. College campuses are not immune to the issues of food waste and food insecurity, and more researchers, administrators, and students are uncovering and addressing this paradox on their local campuses. One organization that is representative of food waste and food insecurity reduction efforts through application of the social ecological model is the Campus Kitchen at the University of Kentucky (CK), a nonprofit student-led organization that is a partner agency of God’s Pantry Food Bank in the Feeding America network that addresses food waste and food insecurity concurrently.

In a new JAFSCD article, “ <https://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=123519092&msgid=1016410&act=21RQ&c=488966&pid=12559146&destination=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.5304%2Fjafscd.2022.114.014&cf=60033&v=bbc3d8aefc7005f0eacaa962f5da47c83bcb24e24d149b13b130f74b1834af9d> Evaluation of a sustainable student-led initiative on a college campus addressing food waste and food insecurity,” authors at the University of Kentucky present a case study aimed to (1) examine CK operations, including food recovery, meal preparation and service, food processing, and distribution of recovered foods with resources to campus and community members, and (2) describe behavioral perceptions of students who utilized CK’s Farm-to-Fork, free meal program for college students. The corresponding author is  <mailto:makenzie.barr at uky.edu?subject=Inquiry%20regarding%20your%20JAFSCD%20article> Makenzie Barr.

KEY FINDINGS

*	In 18 months, from August 2018 through December 2019, led by at least 33 student leaders with staff oversight, CK engaged 500 unique student volunteers who dedicated 4,890 service hours.
*	In the same period, students repurposed 14,990 lbs. of food from landfills, including 7,308 lbs. of produce, into 8,839 meals. At least half of those meals supported college students at the University of Kentucky through the Farm-to-Fork meal program.
*	Of the 284 college student meal recipients who responded to the program evaluation survey, students who attended Farm-to-Fork frequently (seven or more times per semester) had significantly more positive perceptions than those who attended less frequently regarding statements such as, “Farm-to-Fork helped me connect with others, gave me a sense of belonging, improved my ability to access healthful food, fruits, and vegetables, and/or met my dietary needs.”
*	More than half of the survey respondents described that they learned more about food waste, ways to reduce food waste, the importance of local food, food insecurity issues, ways to make healthy meals, healthy recipes, and sustainability.
*	With an average operating cost of US$5,700 per semester, CK had an estimated economic impact of US$60,500 in 18 months.

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICY, PRACTICE, AND RESEARCH

Universities have a unique opportunity to offer service-learning opportunities and a multilayered approach related to addressing issues surrounding the food system, including food waste and food insecurity. CK’s economically and environmentally sustainable practices can be built upon to improve the diversion of food waste and socially inclusive approaches to provide healthy meals and resources to populations experiencing challenges with food insecurity, both on and off-campus, as well as educate all those involved. In turn, such an initiative also highlights the need to move beyond stopgap measures, such as food pantries, in both community and campus programs targeting food waste and food insecurity. CK’s Farm-to-Fork, a student-led free meal program for college students, as well as the CK organization, provides a model for other institutions to address food waste and food insecurity on campus and/or in the community. 

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Book review of Food Systems Law 


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How valuable is your food bank garden?


JAFSCD peer-reviewed article by Wanda Martin, Lindsey Wagner, Anh Pham (all at the U of Saskatchewan), and Adrian Werner (Saskatoon Food Bank & Learning Centre) 


 



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In one Canadian city, the food bank has a large urban garden supplying fresh seasonal produce. But the garden does more than just grow food; it also grows community. The social value of a garden is rarely displayed to funders in a language they generally understand: economics. 

In a new JAFSCD article, “ <https://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=123519092&msgid=1016410&act=21RQ&c=488966&pid=12559146&destination=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.5304%2Fjafscd.2022.114.013&cf=60033&v=3917771de9a7996e5841cb8964bd8acc4b84d82309f6000af68d7517efcc7270> Social value of a Canadian urban food bank garden,” Wanda Martin ( <mailto:wanda.martin at usask.ca?subject=Inquiry%20regarding%20your%20JAFSCD%20article> corresponding author), Lindsey Wagner, Anh Pham, and Adrian Werner present results of a social return on investment evaluation study on the food bank garden and discuss this method in the context of the current societal neoliberal paradigm. 

KEY FINDINGS

SROI uses the market-based framing to show value within our neoliberal society, and it simultaneously validates the very environment causing public health and nonprofit programs to struggle in the first place and creates a need for “value-for-money” evaluations to justify their existence.

To calculate the impact, the researchers divided the impact value of CA$155,419 by the input value of CA$96,473 for a ratio of 1.61:1. Thus, for every dollar invested into the garden, the researchers estimated a return in value of CA$1.61.

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICY, PRACTICE, AND RESEARCH

Robust data collection and evaluations to measure social impact broadly can support nonprofit organizations when seeking donors.

Future analyses could look for ways to measure activities that look to affect and address the root causes of food security (poverty, unjust social structures, structural racism, etc.) and how issues of social justice are addressed within the structure of the food bank programs.

Photo: The Garden Patch in Saskatoon, Canada, in 2018. Photo provided by the authors.

	


	


 

	


	





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