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| Topic | Nine year old student's hot lunch taken away because of $9.75 lunch debt |
| MaverickMerch 09/11/19 2:03:23 PM #122: | Schools waste $5 million a day in uneaten food. Here's how Oakland is reinventing the cafeteria Fortunately, Nancy Deming, the school districts sustainability manager for custodial and nutritional services, is supervising the sorting line today. If youve started eating your fruit, it goes in the compost, she reminds the girl with a smile. If you havent taken a bite, it goes to Food Share. The girl glances at the plum, then carefully places it in the clear bin, from which students can take whatever unopened or unbitten foods they please. Anything left will either be offered the next day or donated to a local hunger-relief organization. https://grist.org/article/schools-waste-5-million-a-day-in-uneaten-food-heres-how-oakland-is-reinventing-the-cafeteria/ USDA strongly encourages schools to donate leftover foods to appropriate nonprofit institutions provided this practice is not prohibited by State or local laws or regulations. Food donation has been a longstanding policy in all Child Nutrition Programs Leftover food not suitable for human consumption can be used to feed animals or given to companies that convert food discards into commercial animal feed and pet food. Feeding waste food to livestock or having the food processed into animal feed can be a viable option for recycling food scraps and provides economic and environmental benefits for all involved. https://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/reducewaste/schools/food ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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