I. Executive Summary 5In the United States, approximately one in seven households during 2016 was designated as food insecure, defined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) as a state in which consistent access to adequate food is limited either through a lack of economic resources or other social conditions…

3In 2016, according to the United States Department of Agriculture, 41.2 million people in the U.S. lived in food-insecure households. 6Food waste in the U.S. has increased from approximately 30% in 1974 to over 40% in recent years. 5This food waste equates to a loss of $165 billion each year…

Reading to Remember: Including Used-Books in Current Food Distribution Programs to Lessen the Effect of Summer Break on Student Learning According to research, the equivalent of two months of reading skills are lost by students who do not read over the summer holiday.1 Over time, this problem compounds to where…

Building sustainable food processing and distribution systems is a main mission of the University of Georgia Dining Services, which utilizes the concepts of reduce, reuse, and recycle in its campus food services operations.3 Approximately 40% of food in the U.S. is wasted annually while 1 in 5 Athens-Clarke County residents…

Integrating a Foreign Language Interpreter Program at Local Elementary Schools in Athens-Clarke County According to demographic data, the Athens-Clarke County School District includes 24% of students who identify as Hispanic, and the number of students in grades K-12 who identify as Hispanic continues to increase.2 Across the U.S., school districts…