Row by Row�Measuring Food Loss �in the Field
Jeannie Hunter
Regional Director
The Society of St. Andrew
The Society of St. Andrew
The Society of St. Andrew brings people together to harvest and share healthy food, reduce food waste, and build caring communities by offering nourishment to hungry neighbors.
Gleaning
Gleaning
The Gleaners, by Jean-Francois Millet, 1857
Some gleaners, Middle Tennessee, 2019
Gleaning
SoSA’s Output in Tennessee
Nationally:�1,000,000,000 �pounds�in September 2024!
SoSA’s Output
Food Loss
Why it might go unharvested or unused between farm and grocery store:
The Project
The Project
The Project
The Project
The Project
Results
Results
Results
Results
What we learn by measuring is that there’s far more food left behind than we realized.
What does this information do for growers?
Measuring
One more benefit of gleaning…�field hygiene.
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