Universities

Looking to get your Campus involved in Food  Waste Prevention?

Looking to get your  Campus involved in Food  Waste Prevention?

There's a lot to plug into this year for Food Waste Prevention Week, and have we've put together some fantastic ways to help you educate and inspire everyone on campus.

Become a Partner

Join Your Peers Involved
in On-Campus Organizations!

Discover the power of composting in this hands-on workshop designed for beginners and enthusiasts alike. Learn how to turn everyday food scraps into nutrient-rich compost that can enrich your garden soil and reduce food waste. Together, we’ll explore simple techniques, best practices, and the environmental benefits of composting.

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Sharing Excess connects surplus food with communities in need, reducing waste and supporting health. With 31 chapters nationwide, they’re expanding to make an even greater impact.

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Swipe Out Hunger fights college hunger with on-campus solutions, advocacy, and community building. Active in 750+ colleges, they’ve provided 12.3 million meals nationwide.

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Ideas to Get
Your Campus Involved

Ideas to Get
Your Campus Involved

Sports Team Engagement

Food recovery organizations are a great resource to help donate surplus food from your university. Some organizations are:

  • Food Recovery.org – Through our platform, we connect organizations with surplus food to communities in need, championing sustainability by diverting edible food away from landfills. All for free.

  • Food Rescue US – Using our web-based app, we engage volunteers to transfer fresh food surpluses from local businesses to social service agencies serving the food insecure.

  • Careit – Food donation and rescue software that makes it easy for businesses and institutions to donate surplus food and goods directly to local nonprofits.

Student food Waste Audit

Work with your dining hall to host a Weigh Your Waste Event. See Chapman University’s detailed case study.

Show a Documentary

Just Eat It : Filmmakers Feast for 6 Months on Discarded Food

Gather :  intimate portrait of the growing movement amongst Native Americans to reclaim their spiritual, political and cultural identities through food.

Community Service

Glean : Get together a group to glean harvests on the farm through the Society of St. Andrew or other local gleaning organization.

Food Pantry : Volunteer some time to help at your campus or local food pantry.

Social Media

Create TikTok or Social Media Videos showing easy way to reduce food waste.

Host a Speaker

Host a speaker event or hear from a community partner about food waste.  Need ideas? Reach out to  hello@foodwastepreventionweek.com.

For an extensive list
of food rescue organizations,

The Food Rescue Locator

Which was created in partnership with the EPA, Food Recovery Network, Food Systems Collaborative, Food Rescue Alliance and Harvard Food Law & Policy Clinic.

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