Fruit and Veggie Storage Guide - March 2020
Knowing how to properly store your fruit and vegetables can keep them fresher, longer, minimize trips to the grocery store, and help save money. Use this guide to identify what should be stored where.
New Educational Videos Present School Food Share Program
Approximately 40 percent of edible food in the U.S. ends up in landfills, never reaching a plate, despite the fact that one out of five residents (2/3 are children and seniors) faces food insecurity in Alameda County.
Understanding School Food Share Program
Go on a journey with American High School students in Fremont, California, as they discuss the issue of wasted food and how their school is addressing it through an innovative food share table program. The video shows best practices in setting up a food share table, food recovery, and factoids surrounding wasted food.
How to Store your Berries
Do you know the best way to store your berries? Find out in this video, and visit www.StopFoodWaste.org for more food-saving tips.
Is Dinner Hiding in Your Fridge?
A father and daughter solve the dinner time crunch and make the most of their leftovers. Find tips on how to stop food waste at www.StopFoodWaste.org.
Food Donation Guide: Helping Schools Save Food
A four-page introduction for Alameda County schools interested in setting up a donation program for surplus edible food. Includes guidance on legal protections, program models, food safety precautions and how to find and form a partnership with a food recipient non-profit partner.
This guide was created in partnership with the Oakland Unified School District and to the Alameda County Department of Environmental Health.
Food Share Table and Donation Guides for Schools
Like most organizations that serve prepared food, schools typically have surplus edible food. With some planning, this food can feed people instead of going to waste. StopWaste works with school districts to implement district-wide food share and food donation programs to recover and redistribute K-12 edible surplus food.
Setting up food waste prevention programs has already shown great results in Alameda County schools:
Surplus Food Donation
Even with careful planning, most food service operators generate surplus edible food. Meanwhile, one in five Alameda County residents don’t have reliable access to affordable, nutritious food. By setting up a food donation program, businesses can help close this hunger gap instead of sending surplus food to the landfill. They may also realize cost savings from reduced garbage bills and may be eligible for enhanced tax deductions.
Grantee Spotlight - Community Impact Lab
StopWaste is currently supporting four Alameda County non-profits through its Community Outreach Grant program to activate their communities to reduce wasted food. Among this year’s grantees is San Leandro-based nonprofit Community Impact Lab, a diverse group of over 750 families that empowers its members to tackle social, economic, and educational disparities in their communities through monthly dinners, workshops, donation events, and more.
The Amazing Garbologist Adventure
How to Go from Scientist to Food Rescue Action Hero!
In this journal you will join four garbologists who ask questions about how garbage affects people living in Alameda County and around the world. What in the world is a garbologist? A garbologist is a scientist who studies garbage. Why study garbage? Because there is a LOT of it. And more is created every day!
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