Food is Food Blog – For the last 25 years Paul van der Werf has been managing food after it has become waste. He now focuses his energies on preventing food from becoming waste. This is his blog.

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Food for thought: Comparing self-reported versus curbside measurements of household food wasting behavior and the predictive capacity of behavioral determinants

While there is some consensus between survey respondent self- reported versus curbside avoidable food wasting behavior, it is likely that survey respondents underestimated how much food they wasted.

Reduce Food Waste, Save Money”: Testing a Novel Intervention to Reduce Household Food Waste

The paper “Reduce Food Waste, Save Money”: Testing a Novel Intervention to Reduce Household Food Waste” Reduce Food Waste Save Money 0919 has been published in the journal Environment &… Read more >

Overview of Household Food Waste Research at the Municipal Waste Association Annual Meeting

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 >

Paul van der Werf’s PhD thesis wins major award from the Canadian Association of Geographers

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 >

On the London CTV News to Talk About Household Food Waste in the Midst of the Food Bank’s Annual Food Drive

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 >

Radio Chat with Global News AM980 Mike Stubbs about Food Waste Research

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 >

Researcher estimated how much Londoners spend on food that ends up trashed. It’s a lot

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 >

Study: Food waste costs not appetizing to many

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 >

Food for naught: Using the theory of planned behaviour to better understand household food wasting behaviour

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

Developing and Testing a Novel Intervention to Reduce Household Food Waste

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 >