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These Avon students just edited their awesome Food Rescue Man video. We need voices like this to put an end to school food waste that results in 1 billion food items annually in landfills instead of food pantries. Students like these are leading a revolution. You can join them by challenging your school district to get involved.
https://vimeo.com/143380564 Students everywhere are beginning to speak out against the 1 billion unopened and unpeeled food items that are thrown into our landfills every year by America's schools. There is a solution, but it will take voices like Amber to change the system. Students everywhere are beginning to speak out against the 1 billion unopened and unpeeled food items that are thrown into our landfills every year by America's schools. There is a solution, but it will take voices like Ashley to change the system. Posted Food Rescue From Audra Shock and Patti Hicks, or K-12 Food Rescue Ambassadors in the Hamilton Heights School District. Audra says....... Pictured-Sean Dayton and Lt. Steven Weir of Jackson Fire Territory with Food Rescue from Hamilton Heights (they kindly let me use their vehicle to rescue food) - also the food services staff at Hamilton Heights Elementary. I'm thankful for all these people that help get food to our local pantries! I'm also thankful for Food Rescue and all you do! Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!:) |
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Our new system has been working for us up here in Alaska. From the first day it was a hit!!! I was expecting some resistance from teachers who don't care to have food in the classrooms and also problems with garbage on the playground but.....none so far. The high school "hungry boys" love finding the fixings for PB & jelly sandwiches from the K-5 crew. A huge problem, that I cannot fix at this time is the recess timing. It IS after lunch and a LOT of kids will come in and dump their trays just to get outside. Maybe next year. All in all... it was welcomed as a great idea and the school news crew is going to be doing a section on your program...hopefully before school closes for the summer but if not we will be off to a great start next year. We are out the 27th of this month. I'm currently working on getting a summer food program started because I know a lot of our kids do not get to eat well at home. This has only been my 2nd year running the kitchen and I've made MANY changes to our waste problem. I've been in contact with a member of the Sustainable Southeast group that is working on a partnership with the tribal authority to help run an aquaponics site. Also...UAS in Sitka is doing a study on using recycled cardboard to grow mushrooms!!!! He is getting me that contact info soon. I'm soooo excited because mushrooms are seriously my passion!!! I'm already setting up to grow shiitake and other gourmet (but really medicinal) mushrooms at home using alder that has already been dropped around the island. I'm also going to set up at the school to sell and actually make money with our lunch program. I'm looking forward to working with K-12 Food Rescue your fabulous project and help change the habits of our locals. Please feel free to contact me with any more info you may have or just to check on our progress.
Sincerely, Tricia Clough |
STATE DIRECTOR'S OF STUDENT LEADERSHIP
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