Promoting Campus Food Security through Food Recovery : An Evaluation of the UBC Food Recovery Pilot Program
department or school: Land and Food Systems, Faculty of
data provider: DSpace
contributor: University of British Columbia. Faculty of Land and Food Systems
contributor: University of British Columbia. Campus and Community Planning
contributor: University of British Columbia. Food Services
creator: Truong, Amalee
creator: Ebert, Lauren
creator: Yu, Crystal
creator: Yoshii, Kaori
creator: Turk, Bryna
issued: 2022-10-26T19:46:18Z
issued: 2021-10-14
description: Food waste is a complex issue that actively impacts the social, economic, health, and environmental domains of our planet. Each year in Canada, an estimated 35.5 million metric tons of food is lost or wasted, of which 11.2 million metric tons is considered avoidable (Second Harvest, 2019). Edible food that is necessarily wasted in Canada also contributes 56.6 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent emissions annually (Global Alliance for the Future of Food, 2022). While this food is being wasted, food insecurity, defined as inadequate or insecure access to food due to financial constraints, persists in Canada (Tarasuk & Mitchell, 2020). On the UBC campus, 38.5% of students identify themselves as food insecure (Carry et al., 2019). To address these interrelated problems, the practice of recovering edible food for consumption with the co-benefits of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and promoting food security. In response to the pervasive issues of food waste, food insecurity, and climate change, the UBC Food Recovery Program was created in 2020. This program is a new initiative that recovers food from Open Kitchen Residence Dining Hall through a partnership with UBC Food Services, UBC SEEDS, UBC Seeders, and UBC Sprouts. Recovered food is transported by student volunteers at UBC Seeder to UBC Sprouts who distribute the food to the UBC community through their Community Eats program. Given that this program is new, UBC Food Services has identified a need to evaluate its progress and to learn from other food recovery programs. Within this context, this research project aimed to help advance food recovery on the UBC Campus that reduces food waste and promotes food recovery. The goal of this research was to evaluate the current pilot program and to create a guideline that has relevant focus areas, priorities, and recommendations for the program. Our objectives for this research were to 1) identify promising practices and challenges of other food recovery programs 2) assess…
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note: Promoting Campus Food Security through Food Recovery An Evaluation of the UBC Food Recovery Pilot Program Prepared by: Amalee Truong, Lauren Ebert, Crystal Yu, Kaori Yoshii, & Bryna Turk Prepared for: UBC Food Services Course Code: LFS 450 University of British Columbia Date: 14 October 2021 Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS Sustainability Program provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student research project and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore, readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Sustainability Program representative about the current status of the subject matter of a report”. University of British Columbia Social Ecological Economic Development Studies (SEEDS) Sustainability Program Student Research Report Promoting Campus Food Security through Food Recovery: An Evaluation of the UBC Food Recovery Pilot Program i EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Food waste is a complex issue that actively impacts the social, economic, health, and environmental domains of our planet. Each year in Canada, an estimated 35.5 million metric tons of food is lost or wasted, of which 11.2 million metric tons is considered avoidable (Second Harvest, 2019). Edible food that is necessarily wasted in Canada also contributes 56.6 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent emissions annually (Global Alliance for the Future of Food, 2022). While this food is being wasted, food insecurity, defined as inadequate or insecure access to food due to financial constraints, persists in Canada (Tarasuk & Mitchell, 2020). On the UBC campus, 38.5% of students identify themselves as food insecure (Carry et al., 2019). To address these interrelated problems, the practice of recovering edible food for consumption…
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is shown at: 10.14288/1.0421609
language: eng
peer review status: Unreviewed
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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scholar level: Undergraduate
is part of: UBC Social Ecological Economic Development Studies (SEEDS) Student Report
is part of: University of British Columbia. LFS 450
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/83057