Reduce Food Waste
School Food Waste Prevention Techniques: Tips to Develop a Fun and Collaborative Action Plan
The USDA has recently released a guide called What You Can Do to Prevent Wasted Food to enforce food waste prevention, specifically in schools… READ MORE
Schools Reduce Food Waste through Improved Front and Back of the House Techniques
The US Food Waste Challenge encourages everyone, including K-12 schools, to reduce, recover, and recycle food waste. Waste can happen at any point in the school food service flow process… READ MORE
Feeding Hungry Tummies: Lunch Hour Strategies to Curb Food Waste
The 2010 federal school nutrition standards have helped educate many of our students about new and healthy foods. A recent study by the Harvard School of Public Health… READ MORE
Decreasing Waste in Schools: Food Recycling Options
About 30% of food in the US food supply is wasted each year! That’s 133 billion pounds of food – a problem when considering hunger, limited financial resources, and environmental concerns… READ MORE
What’s in Your Garbage? A First Look At Long-term Impact of NSLP Regulations and How Much Food Students Throw Away
In 2012, the first set of new school lunch guidelines were implemented as part of the USDA’s initiative to improve the nutritional quality of school lunches.Proponents of the policy claim… READ MORE
Use Food Waste to Measure Consumption
Tray Waste Part I: Determine the Impact of Lunchroom Changes by Measuring Tray Waste
Making healthy changes to the school lunchroom is a no-brainer, but how do you know if those changes are really making an impact? Schools participating in USDA school meal programs… READ MORE
Tray Waste Part II: 5 Simple Steps to Efficiently Measure Tray Waste
Measuring tray waste can give insights into what foods kids are eating and what foods are being thrown away. In order for the healthy foods to give students nutritional benefits… READ MORE
Tray Waste Part III: Effectively Present Your Data
The data that you collected can tell you the percentage of food being wasted before and after you implemented a change in your cafeteria. It will also tell you… READ MORE
Food Waste Webinars & Videos
Smarter Lunchrooms Tray Waste Video Playlist
News You Can Use: Steps to Generating Statistics for Positive School Meal PR
School Cafeteria Tray Waste and Potential Solutions