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Posted on June 12, 2019June 13, 2019

Incorporating Tray Waste Evaluation into Your Smarter Lunchroom


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In this webinar recording, Adam Brumberg, Deputy Director of the Cornell Food and Brand Lab, and Erin Sharp, MS, MAT, Curriculum Designer for the Smarter Lunchrooms National Office, explain how to incorporate tray waste evaluation as a quantitative tool …

Posted on June 12, 2019June 13, 2019

More or Less Plate Waste with Updated School Nutrition Policies?

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Despite some negative press surrounding the new nutrition standards in school meal programs, many schools have seen a positive impact on plate waste and student consumption of healthful foods. Many changes to school meals were implemented in 2012 following the …

Posted on June 12, 2019June 13, 2019

School Food Waste Prevention Techniques: Tips to Develop a Fun and Collaborative Action Plan

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The USDA has recently released a guide called What You Can Do to Prevent Wasted Food to enforce food waste prevention, specifically in schools. The guide reminds us that in the U.S, “food loss and waste is about 30% of …

Posted on June 12, 2019June 13, 2019

Why Reducing Food Waste in School Meal Programs Matters

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School foodservice directors have great pressures to meet federal, state, and local demands for nutrition, safety, and lunchroom participation. Consequently, the amount of food wasted vs. consumed becomes less of an issue to foodservice operations than does the amount of …

Posted on June 12, 2019June 13, 2019

Feature Series: Reducing and Managing School Cafeteria Food Waste

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This content series explores food waste in school cafeterias; specifically, reducing food waste and analyzing  it to measure consumption. 

Reduce Food Waste 


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School Food Waste Prevention Techniques: Tips to Develop a Fun and Collaborative Action Plan

The USDA has recently

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Posted on June 12, 2019June 13, 2019

Schools Reduce Food Waste through Improved Front and Back of the House Techniques

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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 (shown below in a graphic adapted from the Center …

Posted on June 12, 2019June 13, 2019

Decreasing Waste in Schools: Food Recycling Options

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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. A study in Minnesota found that food waste was …

Posted on June 12, 2019June 13, 2019

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 that the new regulations increase student exposure to more …

Posted on June 12, 2019June 13, 2019

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 showed that the new school meal standards have not lead to an …

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This work is supported in part by New Technologies for Agriculture Extension grant no. 2020-41595-30123 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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