A framework to quantify mass flow and assess food loss and waste in the US food supply chain

Wenquan Dong; Kristina Armstrong; Mingzhou Jin; Sachin Nimbalkar; Wei Guo; Jie Zhuang; Joe Cresko

doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00414-9

Communications Earth & Environment (Apr 2022)

A framework to quantify mass flow and assess food loss and waste in the US food supply chain

Wenquan Dong,
Kristina Armstrong,
Mingzhou Jin,
Sachin Nimbalkar,
Wei Guo,
Jie Zhuang,
Joe Cresko

Affiliations

Wenquan Dong: Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, the Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment, The University of Tennessee
Kristina Armstrong: Manufacturing Energy Efficiency Research & Analysis, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Mingzhou Jin: Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, the Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment, The University of Tennessee
Sachin Nimbalkar: Manufacturing Energy Efficiency Research & Analysis, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Wei Guo: Manufacturing Energy Efficiency Research & Analysis, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Jie Zhuang: Department of Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture
Joe Cresko: Advanced Manufacturing Office, U.S. Department of Energy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00414-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The manufacturing and on-farm production stages make the largest contribution within the US food supply chain to food loss and waste, and they also have the highest recycling rates, according to a mass flow analysis for the US in 2016.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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