In school cafeterias, kids fight Michigan’s food waste problems

In school cafeterias, kids fight Michigan’s food waste problems
Great Lakes Echo
By Isabella Figueroa Nogueira An unknown number of schools across Michigan have taken up composting initiatives, but coalitions of education and anti-food waste groups want to see more. They’ve begun lobbying state legislators in hopes of securing $3 million for a pilot grant program that would allow schools across the
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