New law signed by governor aims to address food waste in schools
Modified: 5/20/2021 11:05:03 PM
CONCORD Gov. Chris Sununu signed a new bill into law this week that allowing students to eat school lunch leftovers over the weekend, aiming to address food waste and childhood hunger.
The bill allows school districts to partner with a nonprofit organization to freeze leftover food from school and turn them into “TV dinners” that students can take home and eat over the weekend. The law aims to combat the issue of food waste in school cafeterias, while helping hungry kids.
“Allowing New Hampshire schools to partner with nonprofits to put leftover school food to good use is a common-sense move that will serve to help reduce child hunger within our communities,” Sununu said Monday. “I am pleased to sign this piece of legislation into law to help strengthen community ties, utilize resources while reducing waste, and take another step forward in combating food insecurity.”
New law signed by governor aims to address food waste in schools
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NH bill would use school leftovers to feed students on weekends
Fresh chef salads are prepared in the Concord High School kitchen on Tuesday morning, March 2, 2021. Not only do the food service prepare food for the school, but they prepare both breakfast and lunch deliveries around the entire district.
Donna Wheeler, cook at Abbot-Downing School, takes out a pan of chicken quesadillas at the kitchen of Christa McAuliffe School on Monday morning, April 27, 2020. The school provides 150 meals a day, both breakfast and lunch, for school children around the district even during April vacation. The meals are delivered to desitinations around Concord using school buses. The meals are delivered for pickup at White Park, Jennings Drive and other locations around the area.
Bill would use school leftovers to feed students on weekends
Published: 4/17/2021 3:00:05 PM
State lawmakers are considering a bill that aims to tackle the issues of food waste and childhood hunger by allowing students to eat school lunch leftovers over the weekend.
The bill, which has passed the House and is currently in the Senate Education Committee, would permit school districts to partner with a nonprofit organization to freeze leftover food from school and turn them into “TV dinners” that students can take home and eat over the weekend.
Rep. Tom Loughman, a Democrat from Hampton, who introduced the bill, HB500, said it was inspired by a school in Elkhart, Ind., that has a similar program.
Why Did Fred Meyer Throw Out Thousands of Pounds of Food?
A conflict broke out between grocery store employees and the people who were salvaging food, to the point where a manager called the police
A dumpster full of food outside the Hollywood Fred Meyer |
On Tuesday, February 16, grocery workers and food rights activists stood off over the fate of multiple dumpsters full of food. After a Hollywood neighborhood grocery store threw out a massive amount of groceries following a power outage, activists attempted to save the food to redistribute it; instead, employees called the police, and a fierce argument has developed online surrounding the potential risk to vulnerable communities either by choosing to distribute the food, or by choosing not to.
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