A. Food Security

The goal for food security is to demonstrate how post-harvest technologies (storage, distribution, processing and packaging) can significantly add to the delivered global food supply.  This work is performed under the Woodstock Institute for Science in Service to Humanity (www.wissh.org)

Publications

K. S. Marsh, , " Can We Reduce World Hunger by 50% in only Nine More Years? ",  (Submitted to Food Technology for publication – 5/17/06.)

K. S. Marsh, , "Feeding the World – Opportunities Beyond Production",  (Submitted to IUFoST for publication.)

K. S. Marsh, , "Reducing Post-harvest Losses to Enhance Food Security",  Australian Journal of Food Technology, (Submitted for publication.)

K. S. Marsh, 2007, “Help feed the world; share your packaging knowledge”, Food and Drug Packaging, August, 64.

K. S. Marsh, 2006, "Can We Reduce World Hunger by 50% in only Nine More Years?", IFT International Division Newsletter, 81, December, 10.

K. S. Marsh, 2005, “Value Added Packaging Can Make You More Competitive: Packaging & Economic Development”, Written for and published by the United Nations, International Trade Center, Geneva, Switzerland.

K. S. Marsh, 2005, “A Specific Call For Action” (Excerpts), Reader’s Response Column, Newsline, International Union of Food Science & Technology Newsletter, April/May, No. 60, 12. Full text is published on website www.iufost.org.

K. S. Marsh, 2003, "Acceptance of Unacceptable Losses”, Food Technology, “Back Page”, 57, No. 3, 96.

Subcommittee on Technical Specifications for High-Energy Emergency Relief Rations, Committee on Military Nutrition Research, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, 2002, High-Energy, Nutrient-Dense Emergency Relief Food Product, National Academies Press, Washington, DC. (Book)

Anonymous, 2002, “World Food Summit focuses on hunger reduction”, in IFT News (K. S. Marsh was the IFT representative to the summit), Food Technology, 56, No. 9, 107.

K. S. Marsh, 2002, "Global mandate to reduce world hunger offers new opportunities for packagers", Business News Column, Food & Drug Packaging, July, 9.

K. S. Marsh, 2002, “How to Reduce Food Degradation with Appropriate Processing, Transportation and Packaging”, Export Packaging Bulletin No. 2, International Trade Centre, UNCTAD/WTO, Geneva Switzerland.  (bulletin)

K. S. Marsh, 2001, "Looking at Packaging in a New Way to Reduce Food Losses", Indian Food Industry, 20, No. 3, 34. (Reprinted with permission from IFT)

K. S. Marsh, M. D. Hammig, N. Singer, 2001, "Estimates of International Transport Losses of World Food Supply", Journal of International Food and Agribusiness Marketing, 12, No. 3,

K. S. Marsh, 2001, "Looking at Packaging in a New Way to Reduce Food Losses", Food Technology, 55, No. 2, 48.

Presentations

K. S. Marsh, (D. Lund presented) “Can we reduce hunger by 50% in only 9 more years?”, presented in Symposium on Global Responsibility at the 13th World Food Congress of Food Science and Technology, September 20, 2006, Nantes, France.

K. S. Marsh, “Application of food technologies to reduce world hunger”, Presentation to the Board of Directors, Institute of Food Technologists, July 15, 2005, New Orleans, LA

K. S. Marsh, “Packaging: The Key to Economic Development, Both Here & Abroad”, Sustainable Packaging Symposium, VA/ Carolinas Chapter of IoPP, May 5, 2006, Myrtle Beach, SC.

K. S. Marsh, “Packaging to Protect, Preserve & Add Value to Food”, Chiang Mai University, 5 February, 2005, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

K. S. Marsh, Excerpt from “Feeding The World, Within Our Grasp”, Chiang Mai University, 5 February, 2005, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

K. S. Marsh, “Reducing World Hunger through Post Harvest Opportunities”, Sustainable Development Network, Community Forum Series, Organized by the Management Institute for Social Change (MINSOC), 24 August, 2004, Kuantan, Malaysia.

K. S. Marsh, “Packaging for Agricultural Products”, Workshop on Food Security & Post Harvest Packaging, Organized by the Sri Lanka Institute of Packaging, 21 August, 2004, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

K. S. Marsh, “Post Harvest Opportunities for Food Enhancement”, Workshop on Food Security & Post Harvest Packaging, Organized by the Sri Lanka Institute of Packaging, 21 August, 2004, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

 K. S. Marsh, “Value added Packaging: A Key to Economic Development”, Workshop on Food Security & Post Harvest Packaging, Organized by the Sri Lanka Institute of Packaging, 21 August, 2004, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

K. S. Marsh, “Packaging/Transportation: A Key to Global Food Security”, Presentation to the Board of Directors, World Packaging Organisation, 13 May, 2004, Basel, Switzerland.

K. S. Marsh, “Feeding the World – Opportunities Beyond Production”, Session Keynote presented at the 12th World Food Congress of Food Science and Technology, July 18, 2003, Chicago, IL.

K. S. Marsh, "Expanding Global Food Supplies without increasing Production?", presented at FAO during the World Food Summit:five years later international summit, 13 June, 2002, Rome, Italy.

K. S. Marsh, "Expanding Global Food Supplies without increasing Production?", presented at the World Bank, August 8, 2000, Washington, DC.

K. S. Marsh, "A Program to Build Global Food Security", presented at the Institute of Food Technologists, Dixie Section, May 11, 2000, Atlanta, GA.

K. S. Marsh, "Reducing Post-harvest Losses to Enhance Food Security", presented at the 10th World Congress of Food Science and Technology, 5 October, 1999, Sydney Australia.

K. S. Marsh, "Fulfilling Appert's Dream:  Using Technology to Insure a Secure Food Supply for the World's Population", delivered at the Ceremony to induct past and present winners of the Nicholas Appert award into the Association Internationale Nicholas Appert.  The Reception was held at the Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting, June 25, 1999, Chicago, IL.