Love Food Not Waste (LFNW) is a food waste reduction, recovery and rescue program of SDUSD. Our goal is to feed people, NOT landfills.  Often times after offering our students healthy, nutritious meals, there may be some prepared food that’s leftover. In the past, most of this food was destined for the landfill. But then that changed…

Through our LFNW program, food from several school production kitchens and their sattelite school kitchens is rescued and provided to local hunger relief organizations.  These organizations rescue packaged and individually wrapped (IW) food items in order to extend a meal to those facing food insecurity in and around our school communities.  

LFNW also promotes food waste reduction by utilizing Offer vs Serve and other strategies, as well as food scrap collection for composting.

Feed Students Not the Landfill!  Check out this short video made for students on what makes a school meal. Students learn how to be part of the food waste reduction solution at their school.