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  • 1.  Food Rescue Programs

    Posted 02-08-2024 16:38

    Hi Everyone! At Ramapo College, we are looking into creating a food rescue program for leftover food at events. This would allow clubs and orgs to post that leftover food is available towards the end of their event, when it will be thrown out, the locations, and other relevant details. We have seen some campuses use their LMS for programs like this, and we have been looking into GroupMe.

    Does anyone have a program like this? We are specifically looking for a platform that would permit specific users (staff, club, and org leaders) the ability to post while other users can only see messages. 

    Any input would be greatly appreciated!



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    Dylan Heffernan LSW
    He/Him/His
    Assistant Director of We Care and Civic Engagement
    Ramapo College of New Jersey
    Mahwah NJ
    (201) 684-7447
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  • 2.  RE: Food Rescue Programs

    Posted 02-27-2024 13:09

    Just saw this and couldn't respond before, but I'm curious if you've had any updates. We're looking into a few programs for this currently too - have you had any luck in researching? The one the makes sense for a trial would be ShareMeals - you can open or close the community where you use a code or by their university emails, and can set users that are admins allowed to post when and where the food is and for how long along with a photo. It's free to use though so I'm unsure if there would be much support, but the creator is very responsive. https://sharemeals.org/

    I'm looking into a few more though, too. There are many schools that have created their own applications as well:

     How students are helping to address food insecurity and waste - FoodPrint

    https://thebrownandwhite.com/2022/02/22/students-launch-an-app-to-reduce-food-waste/

    https://www2.lehigh.edu/news/hungry-hawks-app-and-web-interface-take-flight

    Campus Plate is one that I just found for Baldwin Wallace University, but it looks like it is possibly open to being implemented at other colleges as well when you look at it on the app store on your phone: https://sust.unm.edu/events/2022/02/epa-p3-funded-project-to-build-app-to-address-food-waste-and-insecurity-on-college-campuses-insert-headline-here-.html



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    Amber Danku
    Assistant Director for Student Basic Needs
    Rutgers University
    New Brunswick NJ
    (848) 445-5500
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  • 3.  RE: Food Rescue Programs

    Posted 02-28-2024 12:57

    Hi Dylan,

    The FoodPrint article Amber mentions contains a number or sources for unique apps, and a reference to the national Food Recovery Network, so there are a number of options out there.

    Sharemeals, I believe, is still used by Stanford Food Recovery, a student org, and here are a few contacts from the group if you'd want to reach out: https://web.stanford.edu/group/sfr/contact.html

    Amber and Dylan, I hope you'll both let us know what you opt for as this is very shareable intel for other members.



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    Steve Chaplin
    Content Development Manager
    Manager - College Union and Student Activities Evaluation Program (CUSA)
    ACUI
    812.245.8075
    schaplin@acui.org
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