Quantifying Impact of Feeding America's National Produce Program on the Food Energy Water Nexus

AbstractFood rescue is examined as part of a viable solution to relieve food insecurity and reduce wasted energy and water by agriculture. Feeding America’s National Produce Program is used to quantify the embodied energy... [ view full abstract ]

Abstract

Food rescue is examined as part of a viable solution to relieve food insecurity and reduce wasted energy and water by agriculture. Feeding America’s National Produce Program is used to quantify the embodied energy and water in rescued produce. Using data from the literature, over 1,000,000,000 MJ of embodied energy and almost 150,000,000m³ of water are shown to be rescued in the almost 400,000 tonnes of produce rescued in FY2017. This work is a beginning to development of tools for quantifying energy and water in food rescue programs and therefore quantifying impact on the Food Energy Water Nexus.