A few thoughts on food waste from a future leader
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 >
Developing and Testing a Novel Intervention to Reduce Household Food Waste
My thesis defense is upcoming 16 November 2018 at Western University and you are invited van der Werf thesis defense presentation poster 211018 Full abstract is below: The amount of food… Read more >
CTV London- Field to Forks – You don’t have to waste food.
Hear and see what I had to say about how we can reduce the amount of food that becomes waste on CTV London’s Field to Forks. https://london.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1501140 There is so… Read more >
New Article- The quantity of food waste in the garbage stream of southern Ontario, Canada households
Check out my latest journal article that tries to estimate the amount of food waste in southern Ontario single family household garbage bags. You can download the full article for… Read more >
Like Taking Food Away from a Landfill…
Food and the Circular Economy I regularly walk past a pan-handling man on my way to lunch. Exposing my own biases, he seems a little to well-dressed to ask… Read more >
Food for Thought Gala
For the last couple of years Enviro Western has put on the Food for Thought Gala. The event serves up some good food and provides attendees with some insights… Read more >
How Food Retailers Are Helping Reduce the Amount of Food that becomes Waste
I had the opportunity to be interviewed on London, Ontario’s AM980’s Andrew Lawton show recently to talk about some of the great things food retailers are already doing to manage… Read more >
Is Food Waste Reduction a Waste Management Issue?
The reduction of food waste has emerged, in recent years, as an important societal issue. There is debate, in some quarters, about whether food waste reduction is in fact a… Read more >
Sounds of the Season and How not to Waste Food
I had the opportunity to be interviewed by CBC London as part of their Sounds of the Season fundraiser for the London Food Bank, on 1 December. On average London’s… Read more >
Is urban agriculture a way forward
See recent article in the Londoner about London, Ontario’s urban agriculture strategy. Does being able to grow food yourself give you a greater appreciation of how it is produced….and reduce… Read more >