Foodsaving — Towards Social Responsibility?

Abstract

The main problem related to food production is that food is produced for profit rather than to meet the food needs of the population. Food waste takes place during the entire production process, from the moment it was created, in distribution, and then by intermediaries in stores, warehouses, and finally by the target recipients — in restaurants and homes. At each step, food can become waste. There are many market and technological solutions that can reduce the problem of food waste. However, these are technological solutions that do not contribute to changing the producers’ and recipients’ approach to food. They do not provide an answer to the question of why a farmer decides to leave food on the field instead of selling or distributing it in cases of production surpluses. The answer to these problems may be an attempt to change human mentality, striving towards social responsibility. The main question that will be posed here is whether the only solution to the problem of food waste is changing the human mentality. Does foodsaving equal social responsibility?