Relational and Logistical Dimensions of Agricultural Food Recovery: Evidence from California Growers and Recovery Organizations
| Autor: | Edward S. Spang, David F. J. Campbell, Anne Gillman, Kelsey D. Meagher |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Zdroj: | Sustainability (Switzerland), vol 12, iss 15 Sustainability, Vol 12, Iss 6161, p 6161 (2020) Sustainability Volume 12 Issue 15 Sustainability, vol 12, iss 15 |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/su12156161 |
| Popis: | Efforts to recover on-farm food losses by emergency food organizations or businesses serving secondary markets have been promoted as a &ldquo win&ndash win&rdquo solution to both food waste and hunger. We examined what it will take to realize this potential, drawing on interviews with 35 fresh produce growers and 15 representatives from food recovery organizations in California. By taking grower constraints seriously and identifying key dynamics in their relationships with food recovery partners, we provide a textured account of the relevant logistical and relational challenges and promising solutions. Our research makes three specific contributions: (1) providing a straightforward conceptual rubric to clarify when food recovery partnerships are likely to be more or less difficult to achieve (2) highlighting key relational strategies or approaches that make success more likely, even if logistical barriers appear daunting and (3) emphasizing the dynamic, developmental, and context-specific nature of recovery partnerships, such that &ldquo what works&rdquo will necessarily change over time and across different settings. Based on our analysis, successful partnerships require investments of time and attention that are in short supply, but necessary to establish and sustain recovery relationships. The path forward appears less rosy than presumed by those who focus on statistics suggesting a large recovery potential, but also more promising than presumed by those who see the structural challenges (both economic/logistical and social/relational) as inherently insurmountable. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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