School Food Recovery

Forty percent of all food in America is wasted. Schools are no exception.

In fact, schools across the country throw away over one billion

unopened and unpeeled food items each year.

Learn what you can you do to change this.

Thanks to the Bill Emerson Act and USDA endorsement, schools are encouraged to implement share tables and donate remaining items to non-profit 501c3 food pantries and charities.

Benefits of Food Recovery

Environment

Reduces greenhouse gases

Food in the landfill creates methane gas which is 25 times more potent than CO2.

Food Security

1 in 8 Americans is food insecure. Food insecure being defined as lack of consistent access to enough food to live an active, healthy lifestyle.

Healthy Kids

Access to healthy food increases student performance, behavior and health.

218 billion dollars worth of food is discarded in landfills annually, includes the cost of labor, water, energy, fertilizers, cropland, and other resources.

Saves Resources

"Man and nature must work hand in hand. The throwing out of balance of the resources of nature, throws out of balance also the lives of men."

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

School Food Recovery

Forty percent of all food in America is wasted. Schools are no exception.

In fact, schools across the country throw away over one billion

unopened and unpeeled food items each year.

Learn what you can you do to change this.

Benefits of Food Recovery

Join Us

One action empowers our youth to protect the environment and increase food security

2019 School Food Recovery

School Food Recovery

Forty percent of all food in America is wasted. Schools are no exception.

In fact, schools across the country throw away over one billion

unopened and unpeeled food items each year.

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Learn what you can you do to change this.

Benefits of Food Recovery

Join Us

One action empowers our youth to protect the environment and increase food security