Food corporations’ voluntary agreements and charitable food donations cannot sufficiently reduce food waste.
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Marie Mourad is a sociologist with almost 10 years of experience working as a food, waste, and sustainability expert and consultant for non-profits an... d governmental agencies in the United States and Europe. She currently assists the City and County of San Francisco, the Pacific Coast Collaborative, and the French Environmental Agency. Her research focused on public policies addressing food waste, and more recently the impacts of the COVID crisis on food insecurity.
Food corporations’ voluntary agreements and charitable food donations cannot sufficiently reduce food waste.