I had the chance to discuss my household food waste research on 30 May 2019 at the Deerhurst resort in Huntsville MWA Household Food Waste Presentation May 2019. This was… Read more >
On 28 May 2019 Dr. Paul van der Werf received the Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG) ‘Starkey-Robinson Award for Graduate Research’, which recognizes high quality graduate research. Paul completed his… Read more >
I had a great chance to chat with London CTV News Brian Bicknell about my food waste research on 11 April 2019. https://london.ctvnews.ca/londoners-throw-out-600-in-food-every-year-western-study-1.4375749 Brian’s print article follows: Bryan Bicknell, CTV… Read more >
I had the opportunity to chat with Mike Stubbs on 12 April about some of the results of my food waste research. People seem to be able to easily rationalize… Read more >
Check out this article about my Household Food Waste Survey paper from the London Free Press on 12 April 2019, by Megan Stacey It’s the price of a flight to… Read more >
Check out this recent article in Western News. It presents an overview of our recent Household Food Waste Survey paper, published in the Canadian Geographer (see below for link to… Read more >
Check out the full (academic) results of the household food waste study conducted in London, Ontario in 2017. It is available as a free download at The Canadian Geographer https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cag.12519
https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/5896 Households are major contributors to food waste. Lately we have been hearing noises about “don’t blame the consumer” which is wrong-headed and misses the point. It is patronizing to… Read more >
Spent some time on London, Ontario’s AM980 with Mike Stubbs talking all things (household food waste). Post Phd I find myself reducing things to its simplest points. Reducing food waste… Read more >
I had the opportunity to bring family friend (and grade nine student) Laine to Western University, to check out my food waste research and some other fun stuff, for “Take… Read more >
