Author Question: What is the cause of global food insecurity? ... (Read 10 times)

tiara099 · **on:** Aug 20, 2018

What is the cause of global food insecurity?

Question 2

What recovery methods are used by food recovery programs such as Feeding America (formerly America's Second Harvest) to minimize the loss of edible food each year?

brittrenee · **Reply #1 on:** Aug 20, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Diminished local, not world, food supply; could be a result of a number of circumstances such as crop failures, political unrest, lack of land, urbanization, population growth, gender inequalitites, access to water, and/or natural disaster.

Answer to Question 2

Field gleaning gathering up leftover crops from farmers' fields after harvest
Food rescue collecting donated perishable foods from a number of sources, e.g., grocery stores, gardens, restaurants, college campus, hotels, caterers, etc.
Non-perishable food collection collecting canned or boxed food from retailers