Food waste, food insecurity, and the globalization of food banks

"Food banks--warehouses that collect and systematize surplus food--have expanded into one of the largest mechanisms to redistribute food waste. From their origins in North America in the 1960s, food banks provide food to communities in approximately one hundred countries on six continents. This book...

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Main Author: Warshawsky, Daniel N., 1982- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2023]
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300 |a xv, 207 pages :  |b illustrations, maps ;  |c 23 cm. 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- The rise of the food bank -- Food banking in the United States -- Food banking in Israel and southwestern Asia -- Food banking in Germany and Denmark -- Food banking in Italy and Hungary -- Food banks in India and South Africa -- Conclusion: Putting food banks in their place -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 
520 |a "Food banks--warehouses that collect and systematize surplus food--have expanded into one of the largest mechanisms to redistribute food waste. From their origins in North America in the 1960s, food banks provide food to communities in approximately one hundred countries on six continents. This book analyzes the development of food banks across the world and the limits of food charity as a means to reduce food insecurity and food waste. Daniel Warshawsky illustrates how and why food banks proliferate across the globe even though their impacts may be limited, and proffers that the mission of food banks needs to be more realistic, as food surpluses cannot reduce food insecurity on a significant scale. Food banks need to regain their institutional independence from the state and corporations, and incorporate the knowledge and experiences of the food insecure in the daily operations of the food system. These collective changes can contribute to a future where food banks play a smaller but more targeted role in food systems." --  |c Provided by publisher. 
650 0 |a Food banks  |v Cross-cultural studies. 
650 0 |a Food security  |v Cross-cultural studies. 
650 0 |a Food waste  |v Cross-cultural studies. 
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