Listen to the inspiring story of the Great Plains Food Bank in North Dakota and their school meal repack program. Jill Ambuehl is the Hunger Free North Dakota Coalition Coordinator, and in this 128th episode of the K-12 Food Rescue Podcast from our 39th state to share a school food waste solution story, Jill shares about the Coalitions efforts to make sure nothing is wasted in North Dakota schools.

Listen to the story of the Waste Warrior Program at Richmond Elementary in Rhode Island, featuring 3rd grade students Ethan Heys and Emma Ferguson, principal Mrs. Sharon Martin, and teachers Mrs. Daigle and Mrs. Stahl.

Jacqueline Richard is the School Nutrition Program Director

Listen to the inspiring story of Grace Klein Community founder Jenny Waltman, and author of "God Chose the Wrong Person". Grace Klein Community in Birmingham Alabama has 600 food rescue drivers, and is able to provide 2 million pounds of food to 500,000 children and families in need from multiple Grace Klein Community locations. In addition, Grace Klein Community partners with 62 schools, and has a vision for every school in Alabama to adopt share table and K-12 Food Rescue policies in the future.

Paul Tolar is the General Manager of Operations at The Eau Claire Area School District in Wisconsin. In this episode, Paul share about the origins of the composting and share table programs, and provides compelling data from school food waste audits that demonstrate the importance finding school food waste solutions nationwide.

Listen to the inspiring story of Jim Conklin, co-founder and Executive Director of Cultivate Food Rescue in South Bend Indiana.

Listen to the inspiring story of Rachel Ni, who recently graduated from Centennial HS in Maryland. Rachel noticed food was being wasted at an alarming rate, and she took action.

Listen to her and her team's testimony at the 5:06 mark of the link below at a board of education meeting.

https://hcpsstv.v3.swagit.com/videos/270604

In this episode, soon to be freshman at Yale Lamia Ayaz,

Listen to the inspiring story of Ginny Johnson, the Sustainability Coordinator of The Boxerwood Education Association in Rock Bridge Virginia. Ginny helped establish the Waste Busters composting program in 5 elementaries Rock Bridge County, which also features share tables. Last year, the schools composted 3.5 tons of wasted food combined in all 5 schools.

Violet Hart, Emmet Brick, and Milcha-Hulen Posnak are all former students from Fayetteville High School in Arkansas, while Sylvia Smith is headed into her senior year. Each of them had Mr. Clay Morton as an AP Environmental Science teacher. Listen their journey of finding a solution for school food waste not only in their school, but their entire school district.