Raising Awareness and Taking Practical Actions to Reduce Food Loss and Waste Is Everyone’s Moral Responsibility to Respond to the Cry of the Earth and of the Poor

Authors

Thu Hang Phan, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's UniversityFollow

Abstract

This paper is a response to the call of Pope Francis as well as the Catholic teaching for global changes to overcome the throwaway culture or culture of waste and care for an integral ecology. The global food system is malfunctioning, leaving large segments of the population undernourished and causing significant environmental damage. Food loss and waste are undoubtedly an ethical issue; however, our awareness of and actions regarding food loss and waste reduction have not been adequate. Therefore, raising awareness and taking practical actions to reduce food loss and waste is everyone’s moral responsibility.

Recommended Citation

Phan, Thu Hang. 2025. Raising Awareness and Taking Practical Actions to Reduce Food Loss and Waste Is Everyone’s Moral Responsibility to Respond to the Cry of the Earth and of the Poor. Obsculta 18, (1) : 221-243. https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/obsculta/vol18/iss1/19.