Packaging for Better Food Security

In this article, readers will find an update on the role of packaging in enabling a more food-secure population.

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Claire Koelsch Sand

Food Technology Magazine

Packaging Function

Categorize the multifaceted role of packaging material and design in reducing food insecurity.
Sustainability Tradeoffs

Contrast the need to weigh food insecurity and environmental considerations.
Social Impact

Derive ideas of how packaging materials and design can provide tangential benefits to those who are food insecure.

There are numerous definitions of food insecurity, but simply put, food insecurity generally exists when people do not have adequate physical, social, or economic access to food. Moreover, food security is included in the Zero Hunger (Goal 2) of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Statistics vary within countries and regions due to conflict, natural disasters, drought, war, political upheaval, and crop and labor shortages.

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Authors

Claire Koelsch Sand Member

Claire Koelsch Sand, PhD, contributing editor to Food Technology and an IFT Fellow, is a global packaging leader with more than 35 years of food science and packaging experience. Sand is the owner and founder of Packaging Technology and Research, LLC, and an adjunct professor at Michigan State University and CalPoly.