Women And The Squander Cycle In Food Waste In The United Kingdom: An Ecofeminist And Feminist Economic Analysis

This paper examines the interconnections between gender, class, food security, sustainability food waste, and values. We link feminist economics and ecofeminism in the context of grocery shopping in the United Kingdom. As an environmental and economic issue, food waste is emerging as a global threat with developed nations grossly contributing to the squander sequence of resources. This context affords the opportunity to both interrogate feminist economics and place routine decision-making within a larger value system connecting the sustainability debate and environmental protection. Data were collected using a bought Smart Survey sample in a UK-wide population in an approximately 20-minute online questionnaire. A data set of 792 complete responses was included in the data analysis. The findings present a dual narrative on grocery shopping suggesting that reduced-priced shopping is often evaluated by women as socially responsible and environmentally friendly. However, women from lower socio-economic backgrounds demonstrate a resentment and negative evaluation of price-reduced shopping. We argue these different attitudes reflect relative perceptions of agency and control which these data suggest are connected to the propensity for food waste and a worsening squander sequence.

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