K-12 Food Rescue: A Food Waste Solution Podcast

Episode 185 features Eleanor Chmielowicz, the Recycling Coordinator for the Brookline Department of Public Works in Brookline Massachusetts, who partners with Brookline schools with various sustainability initiatives, including food waste solutions.

Episode 184 features Alicia Howe , the faculty advisor forthe Eco Club at Memorial HS in the Eau Claire Area School District in Wisconsin, as well as HS students Erielle, Solvieg, and Audrey, who are members if the Eco Club, which has helped set up “no thank you” tables and recycling initiatives in the school district.

Episode 183 features Emily Chatelain, owner of the School Food and Wellness Group, the host of The Cafeteria Confessions podcast, and founder of The 3 O’clock Project in Louisiana.

Episode 182 features Kate Lemerich, Supervisor of Secondary STEM and Co-Chair of Metuchen Public School Sustainability Committee in New Jersey, Nikki Silipino , a RegionalOperations Associate at Share My Meals, and Sarah Teti with the First Presbyterian Food Pantry in Metuchen. Working together, they carry out the meal recovery program in Metuchen Public Schools.

Episode 181 features Arianna Sun Sofia Hennessy, and Ruth Geleye, founders of Novasta Boston, a student led Food Rescue organization in Boston, Massachusetts.

Episode 180 features Siddharth Nara and Arpit Pareek, founders of Second Serving, a student led Food Rescue organization inLouden, Virginia.

Episode 179 of the K-12 Food Rescue Podcast features SophiaZhang, a senior at Millard West High School in Nebraska. Sophia created a project called Beyond the Bite working with Kids Against Hunger and Saving Grace Perishable Food Rescue.

Episode 178 of The K-12 Food Rescue Podcast features Chef Jamie Finkelstein, who is head of the Culinary Arts Dept. at Westerly HS in Rhode Island, and is actively involved with re-purposing meals with the help of student leaders and making sure they are received by families in need in the community through their Food Rescue community fridge.

Episode 177 features Michelle Cowan, Director of Education and Community Partnerships for Clean Memphis, and Leann Edwards, who leads Project Green Fork, the food rescue program at Clean Memphis in 11 schools, soon to expand to 15.

Listen to the inspiring story of Dahlia, Scarlett, and Sonia Basmadjian, the founders of 3 sisters Food Rescue inNew York in Episode 176 of The K-12 Food Rescue Podcast.

Utah State Representative Tiara Auxier shares her experience learning about the effect of unrealistic seat times during school lunches and her experience trying to implement changes in Utah schools related to the implementation of the national school lunch program. Representative Auxier's goal is to improve student nutrition and education via the increased consumption of the healthy food students are provided each day through a common sense review of data that reveals the best practices that lead to maximum benefits for students participating in the national school lunch program.

Kathy Nguyen is the Green Star Schools Program Manager of Eco-Cycle in Boulder, Colorado. Listen to her journey providing school food waste solutions in Episode 173 of the K-12 Food Rescue Podcast.

Sara Freeland is the nutrition service site manager at Sheridan High School in Sheridan Indiana. Sheridan nutrition services is involved in reducing school food waste with multiple strategies, including a refrigerator that can be accessed by students who are hungry during the day. Enjoy Episode 172 !

Rogue Bailey started noticing the high amount of food waste at Bioscience High School, and she conducted a food waste audit with support from the staff and students at the HS, which showed 17,000 pounds of food could be prevented from entering a landfill with a few changes. Listen to her story in Episode 171 of the K-12 Food Rescue Podcast.

Audrey Pak is a senior at Stargate HS in Colorado. Listen to her inspiring story about bringing share tables and composting initiatives to her high school in episode 170 of the K-12 Food Rescue Podcast!

Lucie Leblois is the co-founder of The DC Food Project, a Washington DC based not for profit facilitating both share tables and in house food pantries in Washington DC schools. Enjoy Episode 169 of the K-12 Food Rescue Podcast!

Anne Rosenthal, is the Farm to School Specialist in the FoodServices Department at Baltimore City Public Schools in Baltimore Maryland. Enjoy Episode 168 of The K-12 Food Rescue Podcast.

Kate Urbank is the site director of Food Rescue US in Washington DC. Food Rescue US – DC has kept over 12 million pounds of healthy excess food out of landfills, redirecting it to the food insecure. Food Rescue US - DC also works with both public and private schools to rescue food in DC schools. Enjoy Episode 167 of the K-12 Food Rescue Podcast.

Kendra Gay is a facilitator for the Rhode Island School Recycling Project, an organization that has been instrumental in engaging many schools in Rhode Island to participate in school food waste solutions. Enjoy Episode 166

Olive Araujo and Grace Walker are students at Garvin Elementary in Rhode Island, and Michelle Carter is the principal. Garvin Elementary was recently named a "Food Smart" school by the Rhode Island Recycling Project, and in this episode, they share their journey of implementing school food waste solutions at Garvin! Enjoy episode 165 of the K-12 Food Rescue Project.