K-12 Food Rescue: A Food Waste Solution Podcast

Listen to the inspiring story of a New Hampshire Elementary School Teacher, Tara Happy, and how being frustrated watching food being wasted in the school cafeteria led to a truly empowering student leadership experience at Hollis Elementary.

Listen to the inspiring story of Hilliard Elementary intervention specialist in Ohio, Ekta Chabria, and her journey to empower her students to lead the #FoodIsNotTrash movement through composting and K-12 Food Rescue.

Listen to the inspiring journey of New Hampshire K-12 Food Rescue Food Waste Solution Leader Paul Karpawich With Sustainable Transitions. This is the 26th state represented on the K-12 Food Rescue Podcast, and we are excited to share Paul's story.

Listen to the inspiring journey of K-12 Food Rescue Food Waste Solution Leader Katherine Rakowski in Wisconsin. Katherine is the Education and Agriculture Coordinator for the Bayfield School District, and she leads a composting and share table initiative in the Bayfield School District in Wisconsin.

Listen to the inspiring food waste solution journey of Cedar Walters, the Public Information Officer for the Otter Tail County Solid Waste Department in Minnesota.  Cedar worked closely with Cleveland Elementary and others through a grant to develop food waste solutions and lead the #FoodIsNotTrash movement in Otter Tail County

Hear the inspiring K-12 Food Rescue story of Carol Phipps and the Interchurch Food Pantry of Johnson County in Indiana. They pick up over 95,000 pounds of rescued food items per year, which is the equivalent of over 350,000 food items from over 20 Marion County schools in 2 school districts. https://www.jccf.org/interchurch-food-pantry-of-johnson-county

Listen to the story of school food waste solution leader Vanessa Robertson, who is the Executive Director of Envirolution in Carson City, Nevada. In this episode, Vanessa shares about the Envirolution teacher curriculum Project Recharge, as well as the their partnership with over 100 schools around the country, including Empire Elementary in Nevada.

Listen to the inspiring journey of a life skills teacher in Pennsylvania and one of her students, as they share the story of the "share refrigerator" at Palmyra HS, that rescues over 800 food items per week.

Hear the inspiring story of Tamika Fordham, a school teacher in South Carolina, who is helping her students lead the #FoodIsNotTrash movement in their school district.

Listen to the inspiring story of Nick Pease and the Grace Care Center in Hamilton County Indiana and how they partnered with K-12 Food Rescue to lead the #FoodIsNotTrash Movement in Hamilton County Schools, leading to the rescuing of an estimated 500,000 food items in 7 years in Hamilton County Schools.

Hear the inspiring story of Empire Elementary and Adrienne Wiggins, a teacher with a passion to support students who are inspired to lead the #FoodIsNotTrash movement!

Hear the inspiring story of Flagstaff Academy Green Team members Kassidy Brackett and Elyse Prestopnik in Longmont Colorado, and their elementary science teacher and Green Team Leader Stacy Wolff. Their Food Rescue table is teaching their fellow students and community that #FoodIsNotTrash!

Hear the story of a White Plains School District parent in New York, Anna Giordano, and her journey to find solutions to school food waste.

Hear the story of the birth of the "share fridge" at Palmyra High School in Pennsylvania from the perspective of Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher and school food waste solution leader Jodi Stafford.

Hear the inspiring school food waste solution journey of the Malakoff Independent School District through the eyes of their Superintendent Don Layton. Learn about the steps needed to establish a Share Table or Share Refrigerator in Texas schools and beyond!

Hear Oregon School Food Waste Solution Student Leader Mia Aberle share her journey of establishing a composting program at Clackamas High School, and how it is leading to discussions about rescuing some of the nutritious unopened and unpeeled food items from the trays of students that would have otherwise ended up in a landfill from school lunches.

Laurel Bates is the Waste Reduction Education Coordinator in Clackamas County in Oregon. Hear how Laurel connected with an inspiring high school student in Clackamas County who was very interested in the subject of school food waste and finding a a solution, and what happened what happened next.

Here the inspiring story of  the impact of the Center Grove K-12 Food Rescue program in the lives families in need served by the Impact Center in Greenwood Indiana.  Pastor Steve Saunders shares data and stories from a food bank point of view that indicates the importance of expanding the #FoodIsNotTrash movement in schools across America.

Listen to Katherine Bruns, West Hartford's Recycling Coordinator, share her journey to start food scrap programs in the West Hartford School District, as well as her observations about unopened and unpeeled food items from the trays of students that could be rescued in the future.  

Hear the inspiring story of how Center Grove Schools have rescued over 600,000 food items over  7 years and donated them to the Impact Center in their community who feeds over 200 families each week.  All 600,000 plus food items would have ended up in a  landfill if it were not for their K-12 Food Rescue program.  #FoodIsNotTrash

Hear the inspiring story of school food waste solution leader Joe Richardson, the Director of Mountainside Education and Enrichment and Lunch Out of Landfills. Joe has actively engaged youth in Frederick Maryland and beyond to lead the #FoodIsNotTrash movement in the U.S.

Hear the inspiring story of Regina Hawkins, a school teacher in Chicago Illinois who noticed nutritious food being wasted and did something about it!   The Southside Occupational Academy  K-12 Food Rescue share table rescues 200 items a week at the Southside Occupational Academy and makes sure children and  families in need are fed those nutritious food items instead of a landf...

Hear the inspiring story of Laura Oxner, Director of a program called RePurpose with "A simple Gesture" in Greensboro North Carolina. Laura has been involved in rescuing food for 9 years, where she started as a Regional Director with Rock and Wrap it Up, which developed “snack wrap” food recovery programs in North Carolina schools, where there are now 34 schools involved.  

Listen to the story of how a Macomber Primary Teacher Ms. Theresa Pacheco started a K-12 Food Rescue program in 2 different schools in Westport Massachusetts.  Ms. Pacheco is currently a health and wellness teacher at the Westport elementary school, where she started a second K-12 Food Rescue program in the Westport school district.   Hear from 2 Westport Elementary students, Abby C...

Hear the inspiring story of Compostology, founded by high school students Angelina Xu and Advika Agarwal in Maryland.   In this episode, Angelina and Advika share about receiving a $48,000 grant from the World Wildlife Fund, and how they are using a student led post card campaign to seek funding for composting programs in schools through legislation.  (SB124)