Follow the journey of students and adult leaders across the country to lead the #FoodIsNotTrash movement in their school districts as they seek food waste solutions.
Latest episodes
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21 min
Minnesota K-12 Food Rescue School School Food Waste Solution Leader Kira Berglund
Enjoy Episode 213, featuring Kira Berglund with Hennepin County Environment and Energy in Minnesota. Kira has spent years helping K-12 schools reduce waste through recycling, organ…
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45 min
San Diego K-12 Food Rescue National Leader Dana Williams
Enjoy Episode 212, featuring Dana Williams, Director of Social Impact for Hunger Action Heroes Unite, a social enterprise of Feeding San Diego. Feeding San Diego is the leading hun…
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36 min
National Food Waste Solution Leader Anisa Heming
Enjoy Episode 211, featuring Anisa Heming, Director of the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council. The Center for Green Schools works to advance healthy, susta…
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24 min
New York Public Schools K-12 Food Rescue Leader Nelson Quiles
Enjoy Episode 210, featuring Nelson Quiles, The Senior Director of Policy, Partnerships and Communication for the Office of Food and Nutrition Services at New York CityPublic Schoo…
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30 min
New Haven CT School Food Waste Solution Leader Rose Richi
Enjoy Episode 209, featuring Rose Richi, Recycling Educator with the City of New Haven's Office of Climate and Sustainability in Connecticut. Rose is a K-12 Food Rescue leader who…
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20 min
Universtiy of Illinois Extension K-12 Food Rescue School Food Waste Solution Leaders
In Episode 208, Christine Birns, the Food and Health Systems Educator for the University of Illinois Extension, James McCombs, a University of Illinois Extension Educator, and Morg…
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18 min
SWACO K-12 Food Rescue Leaders Danna Lotz and Sara Gallaugher
In Episode 207, Danna Lotz, the School Program Administrator for The Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio orSWACO for short, and Sara Gallaguher, the food wasteprogram administrat…
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18 min
Giles County Tennessee K-12 Food Rescue Leader Sunny Mitchell
Enjoy the inspiring journey of Sunny Mitchell, the School Nutrition Director/Supervisor at Giles County Schools in Pulaski, Tennessee, as she shares her journey in Episode 206!
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30 min
Ohio K-12 Food Rescue Leader Julianna Carvi
Enjoy Episode 205, as Julianna Carvi, the Director of Food Services at Bexley City School in Ohio, shares her journey of working on food waste solutions over a career that spans de…
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18 min
North Dakota K-12 Food Rescue School Food Waste Solution Leader Kelsy Achtenberg
Episode 204 features Kelsy Achtenberg, who isa teacher at The Innovation School in Bismarck North Dakota where she leads food waste audits and a food waste reduction initiative cal…
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25 min
Michigan K-12 Food Rescue Leader Christine Lakatos
In Episode 203, Christine Lakatos , an art teacher and GreenAmbassador leader at Hayes Elementary in Livonia Public Schools in Michigan, shares her school food waste solution journ…
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17 min
Shuksan Middle School K-12 Food Rescue Student Leaders
8th grade students at Shuksan MS in Washington Yanely, Bahar, Alexa and Kimberly, recently took some actions to address food waste in their community. Please enjoy episode 202 of t…
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17 min
Virginia K-12 Food Rescue Student Leaders Anelise, Eleanor, and Rowan
In Episode 201, the Get 2 Green Team “Nature Protectors” at Columbia Elementary in Virginia, , Eleanor, Anelise,& Rowan, and their Program Coordinator,Rosemary Nevin, share their j…
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27 min
Mashpee K-12 Food Rescue Student Leaders Meri Smith, Liam Assad, and Owen Ziehl
In episode 200, Mashpee high school students in Massachusetts Meri Smith, Liam Assad, and Owen Ziehl, share their experience of joining their High School Green Team and working on…
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34 min
Orange County K-12 Food Rescue Leaders Karena Bozarth and Emily Grant
In episode 199, Karena Bozarth, the sustainability manager in the Food and Nutrition Department in the Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) in Florida, and Emily Grant, the director…
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21 min
Pittsburgh K-12 Food Rescue Leaders Megan Perfetti and Christine Wolski
In episode 198, educators Megan Perfetti and Christine Wolfski at Brashaer High School in Pittsburgh, share their journey about co-founding the school's onsite food pantry that fee…
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40 min
Illinois K-12 Food Rescue Food Waste Solution Leader Dr. Melissa Pflugh Prescott
In Episode 197, Dr. Melissa Pflugh Prescott shares her research as an assistant professor of nutrition at Case Western Reserve University (and formerly at the Universityof Illinois…
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44 min
Kentucky K-12 Food Rescue Leader and Farm To School Leader David Neville
In Episode 196, David Neville, the owner of Capstone Farms in Kentucky, shares his experience as an advocate school food waste solutions through several key initiatives, as well as…
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31 min
California K-12 Food Rescue Leader Marc Milton
In Episode 195, Marc Milton, the Director of Food Serviceat The Downey Unified School District in California, shares his food waste solution journey that started in the restaurant…
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20 min
Kentucky K-12 Food Rescue Leader Scott Anderson
In episode 194, Scott Anderson, with Phoenix Marketing, and formerly a school food service director of Madison County Schools in Richmond Kentucky, shares his extensive background…