PPT-Food waste in schools

Facts 40 of food in America is uneaten 7 of the produce that is grown is not used Supermarkets toss out 15 billion worth of fruits and veggies each year Lots of foods are kept at wrong temperatures resulting in spoils. Kathi. . Mirza. MassDEP. Municipal Assistance Coordinator. Farm to Cafeteria Conference, January 2015. Let’s Close the Loop. Conference focused on bringing healthy, locally-produced, high-quality products into our schools.. Your Food Resources. The U.S. Food Waste Challenge. U.S. Food Waste Challenge Goals. Disseminate information about best practices to reduce, recover, recycle food waste. Stimulate the development of these practices across the U.S. food chain. Wipe out Waste. World . overshoot day. Average audit results from schools. How much needs to go to landfill. Parents contribution to school bins. Parents main bin materials influenced. Packaging hierarchy. . This is Compo – . Wheelie’s . food bin friend. He would like to tell you all about food waste. . Wheelie’s Lessons. . learn and think. Wheelie Big Actions. . research and act . Wheelie Big Competition . Tray Counts. Working . Toward a Sustainable School Nutrition Program While Controlling Costs . ETC: Who we are:. Every . Tray Counts is a non- profit group that is dedicated to working with children, parents, communities, and interested participants within the North Carolina School system to . . This is Compo – . Wheelie’s . food bin friend. He would like to tell you all about food waste. . Wheelie’s Lessons. . learn and think. Wheelie Big Actions. . research and act . Wheelie Big Competition . Cayley McLean. Resource Recovery Coordinator. Tauranga City Council. Aim of LFHW:. To create a national conversation that inspires people to take action to reduce their food waste. Nationally led by . Public-Private Alliance. “You can tell how high a society is. by how much of its garbage is recycled.”. —. Dhyani. . Ywahoo. , Native American. Commercial Food Waste collected . Organic Liquid Fertilizer. What is Food Finders?. Established in 1989. Non-profit food rescue organization. Serve Los Angeles, Orange, and San Bernardino counties. Network of over 150 volunteers. Recovered over 121 million pounds. Photo Source. : Justin Sewell. 32%. 24%. of global food supply by weight. A significant share of food intended for human consumption is lost or wasted from the farm to the fork. of global food supply by energy content (calories). Toward a Sustainable School Nutrition Program While Controlling Costs . ETC: Who we are:. Every . Tray Counts is a non- profit group that is dedicated to working with children, parents, communities, and interested participants within the North Carolina School system to . Green-Schools Introduction to the Litter and Waste Theme Litter and Waste Seminar An Taisce EEU The aim of the Green-Schools Programme ‘Is to increase students’ and participant awareness of environmental issues through classroom studies and to transfer this knowledge into positive environmental action in the school and also in the wider community’ • . Avoidable . food waste means food that could have been eaten but instead was thrown away because we forgot about leftovers, cooked too much food or didn’t store food properly. . • . Unavoidable food waste means food that is usually not eaten such as egg shells, meat bones, tea bags, fruit and vegetable . It is thought that approximately 50% of the food wasted . is . still edible. . The cost of food waste is significant – estimates show that it costs an average family £700 per year.. Source: . Love Food Hate Waste.