School Food Waste Program
Listed on 2026-02-02
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Education / Teaching
Youth Development, Public Health, General Education, Elementary School -
Non-Profit & Social Impact
Youth Development, Public Health
Overview
New Jersey School Food Waste Program
Rutgers’ Department of Family and Community Health Sciences is currently looking to hire Ameri Corps Members to serve in schools full-time to implement environmental and food waste education and programming for the 2025-26 school year. Activities performed by the Ameri Corps members will include teaching lessons on environmental science to fifth grade classes, training school food service personnel in strategies to reduce food waste in cafeterias, and conducting food waste assessments in school cafeterias to measure how much food is wasted.
Responsibilities- Teaching lessons on environmental science to fifth grade classes
- Training school food service personnel in strategies to reduce food waste in cafeterias
- Conducting food waste assessments in school cafeterias to measure how much food is wasted
- Activities performed by the Ameri Corps members will include:
Teaching lessons on environmental science to fifth grade classes;
Training school food service personnel in strategies to reduce food waste in cafeterias;
Conducting food waste assessments in school cafeterias to measure how much food is wasted
Background on Rutgers Food Waste Team:
The Rutgers Food Waste Team has been successfully partnering with schools since 2018 to implement strategies that reduce the amount of food waste generated by cafeterias. The team has also piloted curricula in schools across New Jersey that teach students the importance of reducing food waste.
- Training
- Living Allowance
- Education award upon successful completion of service
- Car recommended
- Permits working at another job during off hours
- Permits attendance at school during off hours
- Environment
- Hunger
- Children/Youth
- Education
- Health
- Youth Development
- Environment
- Communications
- Teaching/Tutoring
- General Skills
- Education
- Program Type: Ameri Corps State / National
- Program: New Jersey School Food Waste Program
- Program Start/End Date: 10/20/2025 - 08/31/2026
- Work Schedule: Full Time
- Education level: Associates degree (AA)
- Age Requirement: Minimum: 18;
Maximum:
None - Program Locations: NEW JERSEY, New York City (inc. Long Island, CT, NJ, NY)
- Accepting Applications: From 08/01/2025 To 02/06/2026
- Contact: Sabrina Subhit
- Address: 88 Lipman Dr, New Brunswick NJ 08901
- Phone:
- Email: ss2664gers.edu
- Website: sites.rutgers.edu/food-waste/
- Listing : 120838
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