write a journal
write a journal for my assignment
300 to 500 words
Social Innovation
Food Waste
Assessment 2
Problem Report
4 Journals (Academic) Harvard citation in written report and references in Harvard Style
Yousef – 2 Journals
Jaber – 1 Journal
Maryam 1 Journal
Written –
Yousef
Jaber
Maryam
Research
1. Read articles related to your section, sent by E-mail
2. Interviews
Name
Interview what Sector
Maryam
Hotels (2)
3 families not including your on household
0. Ask each place any question you want including the below:
a. How long do you keep your produce (Fruits & Vegetables), Meat, Poultry and grains (bread, nuts, legumes)?
b. How do you discard these items?
c. How are they stores
d. What makes you discard these items?
e. Do you have a policy on how long you keep each group of items
f. On average how much of that discarded food is edible?
g. Do you donate any left over cooked food (for restaurants and hotel interviews)
h. How much left over cooked food is put in the trash? (For restaurants and hotel interviews)
Questions to be answered:
1-Define and review the selected problem, its history and stakeholders that are directly and indirectly affected by it. (Maryam)
(You need to engage with your group members and think about problems that your community faces. This task requires personal observation, brainstorming and critical thinking skills.)
A: the problem of food waste is an old one, and still ongoing to this day. Especially in Arab countries since we are famous for our hospitality and foods, most gatherings tend to have large amounts of food of all different kinds that ends up mostly not consumed and thrown away. This largely effects the shortage of food and famine around the world; The large demand for imported foods such as rice (most consumed), beef, fruits and spices that are brought in from Australia, China, Egypt and India, comparing that to the consumption rate it would be logical to assume that the food shortage around the world is a direct result of food waste. This in turn effects the economy, importexport process depending on the high demands of wasted good, therefore stock plummeting and increased pressure on the suppliers.
3-Explain why this problem could be wicked or not. What resources are available and what resources are needed to solve the problem. (Maryam)
A: this is definitely a problem that needs to be a priority. Its wicked because, per the previous answer, it causes famine, waste (garbage) overload and plummeting in food stocks because of the great gap between the demand and consumption of the produce. The modern world now has the privilege of science on its side, we can cover the shortages in our current resources as well as creating new ones such as the Beyond Meat, that was meat created in a lab and not actual livestock. We as an Arab nation, need to get started on increasing the farming lands capacity as well as take part in the scientific revolution of food. Since our resources are limited, and our hot, dry weather effects the soils productivity, our resources are quite limited, like seafood (Arabian peninsula is surrounded by large waters), farms, and the most important source; good global economic relations with exporting counties, politics is in and effects almost everything in our modern lives, including food and produce.
3 – Ask each place any question you want including the below:
family 1:
i. How long do you keep your produce (Fruits & Vegetables), Meat, Poultry and grains (bread, nuts, legumes)?
1 week
j. How do you discard these items?
If expired, we throw them in the trash
k. How are they stores
Fruits, veggies and meats are in the fridge, bread is in the bag on the kitchen counter, nuts and seeds are in jars.
l. What makes you discard these items?
Expiration date
m. Do you have a policy on how long you keep each group of items
No
n. On average how much of that discarded food is edible?
None
Hotel (1)
o. Do you donate any left over cooked food (for restaurants and hotel interviews)
No
p. How much left over cooked food is put in the trash? (For restaurants and hotel interviews)
From 2 to 5 full trash bags, its different each day.
family 2:
q. How long do you keep your produce (Fruits & Vegetables), Meat, Poultry and grains (bread, nuts, legumes)?
2 weeks month, depending on the product
r. How do you discard these items?
Give them away to donations, or stray animals if the product is still edible, otherwise we throw it away.
s. How are they stores
Fridge, pantry or freezer.
t. What makes you discard these items?
Expiration date
u. Do you have a policy on how long you keep each group of items
If the product doesnt have expiry date, we throw it away within a week, if its has a long shelf life like nuts, coffee, herbs and spices, we keep them until it goes bad (smell, taste, color)
v. On average how much of that discarded food is edible?
A few plates worth of food.
Hotel (2)
w. Do you donate any left over cooked food (for restaurants and hotel interviews)
No
x. How much left over cooked food is put in the trash? (For restaurants and hotel interviews)
Around a few kilos (1-2 a day
family 3:
y. How long do you keep your produce (Fruits & Vegetables), Meat, Poultry and grains (bread, nuts, legumes)?
Fruits and veggies: 3 days. Meat and poultry: 2 to 3 days. Grains: Month.
z. How do you discard these items?
Throw in the trash if there are leftovers.
aa. How are they stores
refrigeratorpantry
ab. What makes you discard these items?
When they expire or start to smell bad
ac. Do you have a policy on how long you keep each group of item?
Each category has an average shelf life, we group each of them based on that.
ad. On average how much of that discarded food is edible?
About 5% of consumed produce.
