Food Shift/OUSD Green Gloves Food Recovery and Donation Program
Last year, Food Shift in partnership with Oakland Unified School District started a project in order to reduce food waste in Oakland. The project lasted about 12 months. The decision started based on the statistics from 2002 USDA report that school cafeterias waste food, and that waste sums to around $600 million each year. Kelly ErnstFriedman was the director of this project and kindly explained the pilot project May 2013 – June 2014. The area involved in this project comprehended Alameda County. The community was made of residents from the neighborhoods of East and West Oakland. The first schools that the Food Shift program was implemented were Brookfield Elementary, New Highland and Rise, expanding to other schools after. The population was predominantly African Americans and Latinos. …show more content…
Food Shift is an organization that envisions the social and environmental awareness of food that goes to waste. They create programs in order to develop long-term sustainable solutions to reduce food waste. They are located in the East Bay and works collaboratively within the community. As an example, Food Shift have collected pounds of food that would go to waste from big groceries stores such as Trader Joes and donated it to local non-profit organizations. According to Food Shift “By reducing food waste, we can feed the hungry, combat climate change and cultivate more sustainable communities.” Besides Food Shift, the Food Shift/OUSD Green Gloves Food Recovery and Donation Program counted with the partnership of other groups: StopWaste.Org, Altamont Education Advisory Board, OUSD staff and Initiatives Manager at
Last year, Food Shift in partnership with Oakland Unified School District started a project in order to reduce food waste in Oakland. The project lasted about 12 months. The decision started based on the statistics from 2002 USDA report that school cafeterias waste food, and that waste sums to around $600 million each year. Kelly ErnstFriedman was the director of this project and kindly explained the pilot project May 2013 – June 2014. The area involved in this project comprehended Alameda County. The community was made of residents from the neighborhoods of East and West Oakland. The first schools that the Food Shift program was implemented were Brookfield Elementary, New Highland and Rise, expanding to other schools after. The population was predominantly African Americans and Latinos. …show more content…
Food Shift is an organization that envisions the social and environmental awareness of food that goes to waste. They create programs in order to develop long-term sustainable solutions to reduce food waste. They are located in the East Bay and works collaboratively within the community. As an example, Food Shift have collected pounds of food that would go to waste from big groceries stores such as Trader Joes and donated it to local non-profit organizations. According to Food Shift “By reducing food waste, we can feed the hungry, combat climate change and cultivate more sustainable communities.” Besides Food Shift, the Food Shift/OUSD Green Gloves Food Recovery and Donation Program counted with the partnership of other groups: StopWaste.Org, Altamont Education Advisory Board, OUSD staff and Initiatives Manager at