Are You Gonna Eat That?

Episode Hosts: Christie Gosse, Hannah Villhauer

Course Coordinators & Podcast Ringmasters: Colleen Duncan, Anna Fagre, Molly Carpenter, Treana Mayer

Audio Engineer: Ethan Fagre

Episode details:

Are you curious about the impact of food waste? If so, this episode is for you! Hannah and Christie delve into how much food is wasted, how food waste impacts climate change, food waste’s effects on wildlife, and what can be done to decrease our food waste production. Food waste is a commonly overlooked issue that has both direct and indirect effects on people, animals, and the environment. Luckily, there’s a lot we can do to have a big impact within our communities!

Want to learn more? Check out these links!

• https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/is-frances-groundbreaking-food-waste-law working#:~:text=According%20to%20France's%20National%20Environmental,Restaurants%20contribut e%2014%20percent.
• https://www.epa.gov/recycle/composting-home
• https://www.epa.gov/recycle/donating-food
• https://e360.yale.edu/features/unnatural_balance_how_food_waste_impacts_worlds_wildlife

Works Cited

• Bloch, Sam. “Study: 29 Million American Adults Don't Have Enough to Eat-a Threefold Increase since 2018.” The Counter, 15 Sept. 2020, thecounter.org/covid-19-hunger-food-insecurity-crisis-america/.
• “Colorado Wildlife Management.” Boulder Bear Coalition, 4 Nov. 2018, boulderbearcoalition.org/colorado-wildlife management/.
• Esque, Todd, et al. “Effects of Subsidized Predators, Resource Variability, and Human Population Density on Desert Tortoise Populations in the Mojave Desert, USA.” Endangered Species Research, vol. 12, 14 June 2010, pp. 167– 177.
• Feldstein, Stephanie. “Wasting Biodiversity: Why Food Waste Needs to Be a Conservation Priority.” Biodiversity, vol. 18, no. 2-3, 2017, pp. 75–77.
• “Food Waste FAQs.” USDA, www.usda.gov/foodwaste/faqs.
• “Food Waste in America in 2020: Statistics & Facts.” Recycle Track Systems, www.rts.com/resources/guides/food waste-america/.
• Kirby, Rebecca, et al. “The Cascading Effects of Human Food on Hibernation and Cellular Aging in Free-Ranging Black Bears.” Scientific Reports, vol. 9, no. 1, 2019.
• “Water in Agriculture.” World Bank, 8 May 2020, www.worldbank.org/en/topic/water-in-agriculture.