Berry Brieanne, Blackmer Travis, Haedicke Michael, Lee Susanne, MacRae Jean D, Miller T Reed, Nayak Balunkeswar, Rivet-Préfontaine Louis, Saber Deborah, Silka Linda, Thakali Astha, Wildwistle Jared, Yoder Chyanne, Isenhour Cindy
Environment & Sustainability, Ursinus College, 601 E Main St, Pfahler Hall, Collegeville, PA 19426, USA.
School of Economics, University of Maine, 5782 Winslow Hall, Orono, ME 04469, USA.
Foods. 2024 Jul 27;13(15):2374. doi: 10.3390/foods13152374.
With growing awareness of the environmental, economic, and social costs associated with food waste, there is a concerted effort on multiple scales to recover the nutrient value of discarded food. These developments are positive, but the rapid movement toward alternatives and the complexity of solving problems located at the intersection of economic, social, and environmental systems also have the potential to produce unanticipated risks. This paper draws upon long-term stakeholder-engaged research throughout New England, with a focus on Maine, to develop a transdisciplinary, systems-based model of the potential social, economic, and environmental risks of food waste nutrient cycling. Our effort is intended to help inform the creation of safe, functional, and environmentally benign circular food systems.
随着人们越来越意识到与食物浪费相关的环境、经济和社会成本,各方正在多层面协同努力,以回收被丢弃食物的营养价值。这些进展是积极的,但迅速转向替代方案以及解决经济、社会和环境系统交叉问题的复杂性,也有可能产生意想不到的风险。本文借鉴了整个新英格兰地区长期以来与利益相关者合作开展的研究,重点关注缅因州,以建立一个基于系统的跨学科模型,分析食物垃圾营养物质循环可能带来的社会、经济和环境风险。我们的努力旨在为创建安全、实用且环境友好的循环食物系统提供参考依据。