Green Teams in the Cafeteria:
“Teaching kids how to feed themselves and how to live in a community responsibly is the center of an education.” —Alice Waters, chef, author, food activist
•Implementing across district “Harvest of the Month”
•Providing fresh grown produce for cafeterias
•Set up comprehensive composting/recycling at all schools
•Organized Russell Orchard apples to the elementary schools
•Funded ovens for Winthrop kitchen
•Fund compostable trays and serving products districtwide
•Obtained 15K from the YMCA for an Ipswich Food Service Director 2015
•Funded multiple water filling stations at all schools
•Lobbied for more composting resources
•Reducing single-use plastics at all campuses and collaborating with FS Director on source waste reduction
•Provide education and awareness with signage, teaching-in cafeterias