Open AccessFood Waste Legislation Scholarship: A Mapping Study
Author(s) -
Angela Hackstadt
Publication year - 2019
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.54014/czwu8703
Subject(s) - legislation , scholarship , government (linguistics) , food waste , political science , agriculture , law , business , public relations , engineering , geography , philosophy , linguistics , archaeology , waste management
The purpose of this study is to examine research activity on food waste legislation published in law journals to identify top sources and experts cited by recent scholarship. Searches for "food loss" and "food waste" were conducted in three legal research databases for law journal articles published between January 2013 and January 2018. The core list of selected articles consists of 13 law journal articles. The citations from each of the core articles were collected to form a database, which was analyzed to determine what kinds of resources legal scholars rely on when conducting research in food waste legislation. Government Sources and Primary Law contribute approximately 48% of the citations in the database. News, Nonprofit, and Law Reviews and Journals contribute approximately 31% of database citations. This study provides some insight into the complexity of food law and the facets of agriculture, industry, and society that affect the success of food waste reduction legislation.