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There is info on http://www.wormwoman.com/ by the late dear Mary Appelhof. --- Diane Rosenkranz <drosenkran@no.address> wrote: > Solana Center for Environmental Innovation has a > composting/vermin-composting school lunch program in > three different > schools the San Diego area that diverts food waste > from the landfill and > directs it to an organic garden on the school site. > Visit > www.solanacenter.org <http://www.solanacenter.org/> > for more > information. > > > > Diane Rosenkranz > > Recycling Specialist > > County of Kauai > > (808) 241-5112 ph > > (808) 241-6892 fax > > drosenkran@no.address > > > > Hi all, > > > > I just received the following email from a visitor > to our site. She's > looking for some information on how to recapture > lunch food waste at her > school. > > > > Does anyone have any info on programs that > schools/school > districts/municipalities have implemented? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Amy Hemmert > Obentec, Inc. > amy@no.address > 831-457-0301 > www.laptoplunches.com > www.wastefreelunches.org > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > > > Food waste -- that's my biggest concern with school > lunches, especially > those provided by schools themselves per federal > mandate. > > > I've watched as more and more kids buy their lunches > from school for > whatever reason (convenience, free and reduced, > etc.), and then end up > dumping a good part of it in the trash uneaten. > > > > A major contributor to the food waste problem: > Federal guidelines, from > what I understand, that claim purchased meals CANNOT > be saved for later, > taken home, etc. We're now a Title 1 school, which > basically means that > more than half of the students qualify for > reduced or free lunches; per the feds, that means > food is to be consumed > by the students only at school only -- not taken > home to help feed the > family. That said, I do not know of specific > guidelines, if any, that > govern any type of recapture program -- like the > "share bowl" you > mentioned for unopened, uneaten prepackaged food. > It makes no sense > whatsoever to just throw away perfectly good food. > > Another issue is the amount of food students and > teachers seem to think > needs to be doled out, if not actually eaten. Ex: > An entree and one > additional item are all that is required (I've > checked), but students > are told they also need to take one fruit and one > vegetable item, OR two > veggie items but not two fruits -- how ridiculously > confusing is that? > If it doesn't get eaten, it goes in the trash. I'm > always telling kids, > my daughter, her friends, and my girl scouts that > when it comes to food, > "take all you like, just eat all you take." > > Education and some sort of recapture program are > logical steps to help > deal with food waste problems in our particular > school, ones that could > expand citywide. Any ideas? > > > > > > A Solar Day not Used is a Energy Source Wasted. So how much solar have you used today? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com |
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