2024 AGO International Gleaning Symposium�Track 2: Building Your Skills�
Measuring On Farm Harvest Potential
Lisa K. Johnson, Lisa K. Johnson Consulting
Lynette Johnson, SOSA
Tom O’Donnell, EPA via Zoom
Measuring On Farm Harvest Potential
Lisa K. Johnson, Ph.D.
National SARE Food Loss & Waste Program Manager,
Independent Consultant
Lynette Johnson
Executive Director
Society of St. Andrew
Tom O’Donnell, Ph.D. Sustainability Coordinator
US EPA
Many estimates of food loss and waste don’t include the fresh, healthy, safe produce that is never even harvested in the US…
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Selling produce is dependent on market forces that are not controlled by growers.
Food loss happens on farms, it’s not because of a choice that the grower made.
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Because the market fluctuated… Over 166,000 pounds of high-quality kale became food loss in this 15-acre field.
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USDA, EPA and FDA, 2023
July 4
July 11
July 14
July 24
July 31
Aug 4
Aug 8
7 dates
10 fields
3 farms
Region 3 and Region 4 Grant Collaboration�Measuring Farm Food Loss
Tom O’Donnell, USEPA Region 3, Philadelphia
Dec 23, 2023, Draft National Strategy for Reducing Food Loss and Waste and EPA 2021 Farm to Kitchen report indicate:
Eggplant
Tomato
Bell Pepper
Okra
Strawberry
Corn
Rutabaga
South Carolina
measurement
– in progress
Low economic value, low environmental impact…
yet massive potential to solve social issues.
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TN 6,792 lbs/acre
Image: ReFED
This is what we want to avoid!
Lisa K. Johnson, Ph.D.
lisakjohnson4@gmail.com
www.lisakjohnson.com
Reach out!