Improving Efficiency and Reducing Waste in Our Food System

TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEM Reducing Food Loss and Waste

Reducing Food Loss And Waste While Improving The Public's Health.

An estimated 30 percent of the global food supply is lost or wasted, as is about 40 percent of the US food supply. There are valuable synergies between efforts to reduce food loss and waste and those promoting public health. To demonstrate the potential impact of building upon these synergies, we present an analysis of policies and interventions addressing food loss and waste, food security, fo...

Reducing food wastage , improving food security ?

Expanding primary care capacity by reducing waste and improving the efficiency of care.

Most solutions proposed for the looming shortage of primary care physicians entail strategies that fall into one of three categories: train more, lose fewer, or find someone else. A fourth strategy deserves more attention: waste less. This article examines the remarkable inefficiency and waste in primary care today and highlights practices that have addressed these problems. For example, delega...

Improving Health System Efficiency