food for thoughtful action

Taking action to reduce global food waste, enhance food security, and optimize resource use to promote sustainability

Publications

Steven M. Finn

PUBLICATIONS:

“Unleashing the Food Waste Multiplier to Transform Food Systems.”  IISD.  May 2025.

“Designing for change: Closing the action gap.” International Journal of Food Design. 2023.  Volume 8, Number1.

“Upcycling to a circular food system.” Food Science and Technology.  September 2021, Volume 35, Issue 3.

“Food Waste in Healthcare, Business and Hospitality Catering; Composition, Environmental Impacts and Reduction Potential on Company and National Levels.” With Meier, et al. Sustainability. March 2021.

“Assessing the environmental impacts of halving food loss and waste along the supply chain.” With Muth, et al. Science of the Total Environment.  December 2019.

“A systems approach to assessing environmental and economic effects of food loss and waste interventions in the United States.” With Muth, et al. Science of the Total Environment. October 2019. V. 685.

“Opinion: France’s Ban on Food Waste – Three Years Later.” With Marie Mourad. Food Tank. June 2019.

“Reducing our waste size.” Food Science and Technology. June 2019. Volume 33, Issue 2.

“Food Loss and Waste.” A paper in the series on The Need For Agricultural Innovation to Sustainably Feed the World by 2050. With Zhengxia Dou, et al. Council for Agricultural Science and Technology.  Issue Paper No. 62.  September 2018.

“Assessing U.S. Food Wastage and Opportunities for Reduction.”  With Zhengxia Dou, et al. Global Food Security.  March 2016, Vol. 8.

“Food Waste Across The Supply Chain: A U.S. Perspective on a Global Problem.” Ed. with Zhengxia Dou, et al.  Council for Agricultural Science and Technology. March 2016.

“Wasted Food: From Conundrum to Clarity.”  With Jonathan Bloom, in “Food Waste Across The Supply Chain: A U.S. Perspective on a Global Problem.”  Council for Agricultural Science and Technology. March 2016.

“Valuing Our Food: Minimizing Waste and Optimizing Resources.” Zygon –Journal of Religion & Science, December 2014, V. 49.

“The Time is Ripe for Food Recovery.” BioCycle. September 2014.

“Corporate Practices that Inhibit and Drive Innovation for Sustainability.” Eastern Academy of Management, May 2012.

“Sustainable Food Recovery Programs: Making Connections to Redirect Excess Food to the Needy.” Univ. Pennsylvania, Feb 2012. 

“A Public-Private Initiative to Reduce Food Waste: A Framework for Local Communities.” GSJOD, Univ. Pennsylvania, Aug 2011.