..while 40% of our food is wasted in America. Food is not trash! - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

 …..while 40% of our food is wasted in America.  Food is not trash!

 We waste enough food every day in America to fill up an entire professional football stadium………..

 There are an estimated 22 million food items wasted annually that are unopened, unwrapped, unwanted, and unpeeled. Things like………..

 Federal Law was unclear about school food donations before November 2011  Unawareness of the recent changes to the law  Fear of time commitment to execute the plan  Schools simply say their students don’t waste that much food.

 The 1996 Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act Protects Businesses from frivolous lawsuits who donate their surplus food to a qualified charity rather than dumping it into a landfill.  The Richard Russell National School Lunch Act was amended in 2011 to clarify that schools are afforded the same legal protections as businesses for food donations to a qualified charity.

 Many Scientists believe carbon emissions are harming our environment and effecting climate change  Methane Gas has 21 times more negative impact to the environment than CO2.  Landfills are responsible for 20% of all methane emissions, the third highest contributor of such emissions. 90% of those methane gas emissions are from rotting food dumped in our landfills.

 What if programs were created to encourage businesses and schools to make food donations to charities?

 EPA Food Recovery Challenge  USDA Food Waste Challenge

 Introduce a school to a caring agency  School saves the unwanted food items from the trays of their students in dry storage and cold storage  Caring agency picks up the food as often as needed, and at a regularly scheduled time that is convenient for the school.

 It’s cost effective……free to schools.  It requires very little if any additional time from cafeteria staff  K-12 Food Rescue programs can be started in less than one month in most school districts

 Every 10 pounds of rescued food equals 8 pounds of C02 equivalents being emitted into the environment  Landfill waste volume is reduced  As more food is consumed instead of wasted, less food needs to be produced, conserving other resources like water and oil.

 K-12 Food Rescue contacts Food Service Directors, Superintendents, School Board Members, Teachers, PTO Presidents, Politicians, Media, citizens, and anyone who will listen to the message that……………

 Good Samaritan Laws Provide Legal Protection  National School Lunch Act Amended  USDA and EPA Support  22 million wasted food items annually in Indiana Schools  1 Billion wasted food items in our schools nationwide annually

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