This presentation on economics of food waste focuses on the connections between food waste, food prices, hunger, and the environment, and reviews the history and evolution of food waste. Presented by Dr. John Bovay, Assistant Professor, Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Tech.
Part of the Virginia Sustainable Farms and Agribusiness Education Initiative webinar series -- module 5: Legal risks and social responsibility. Please visit https://aaec.vt.edu/extension/va-sustainable-farms-agribusinesses.html for more information about the entire program.
To read the journal article on which this presentation is based, please visit: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/agricultural-and-resource-economics-review/article/century-o...Bovay, J., & Zhang, W. (2020). A Century of Profligacy? The Measurement and Evolution of Food Waste.
Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 49(3), 375-409. doi:10.1017/age.2019.16
The Virginia Sustainable Farms and Agribusiness Education Initiative is supported by USDA/NIFA under Award Number 2018-70027-28585.
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