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Steps Toward a More Efficient Food System:
Farm:
- Expanded secondary markets for cosmetically imperfect produce
- Farm-level recovery via paid “concurrent picking”
- Incentives to promote complete harvests and donations.
Processing/Distribution:
- Reengineering production processes and product designs
- Secondary uses for trimming and peels
- Proper training for handling and storage
- Increased food donations
Supermarkets:
- Waste audits and product loss analysis
- Discount offers for near-expiration items
- Redesigned product displays with less excess
- Standardized labeling
- Increased food donations
Restaurants:
- Limited menu choices and flexible portioning
- Waste audits
- Staff engagement programs
- Standard leftover take-away
- Increased food donation