In partnership with Collaborative Solid Waste Strategies, we offer food waste reduction education to children in a fun hands on experience. Reach out to see how we can bring this curriculum to your group.

Why Partner with Yaad Snacks Community & CSWS?

At Yaad Snacks Community, we make food waste reduction simple, engaging, and measurable. Our Small Hands, Big Change program transforms lunch into a hands-on sustainability lab where students don't just learn about environmental stewardship—they practice it every day.

Together, we help organizations reduce landfill waste, recover edible food, create healthy compost, collect recyclable materials, and inspire the next generation of climate problem-solvers.

Your Partnership Includes

🌎 Real Environmental Impact

• Reduce food waste before it reaches the landfill

• Lower methane emissions by diverting organic waste

• Rescue unopened food for sharing whenever possible

• Introduce composting, recycling, and plastic bricking through hands-on learning

• Track measurable diversion data that demonstrates your impact

📊 Built-In Data Collection
We provide easy-to-use tracking systems that measure:

• Food rescued

• Compostables collected

• Recyclables recovered

• Plastic brick materials collected

• Landfill waste reduced

• Overall waste diversion rate

This data helps demonstrate program success to boards, funders, families, and the community.

🧠 Hands-On STEM Learning
Students naturally build academic skills while solving a real-world problem.

They practice:

• Math by weighing, graphing, comparing, and analyzing waste data

• Biology by observing decomposition, microbes, and healthy soil

• Chemistry by exploring nutrients, fermentation, carbon cycling, and composting

• Engineering by designing solutions to reduce waste and improve systems

• Critical Thinking by asking questions, testing ideas, and measuring results

🌱 Systems Thinking
Students discover that nothing exists in isolation.

They learn how:
Food → Lunch → Food Scraps → Bokashi Compost → Healthy Soil → Healthy Plants → More Food

This understanding builds lifelong environmental literacy and stewardship.

❤️ Community Impact
Students experience how small daily choices create meaningful change.

They learn to:

• Rescue edible food instead of wasting it

• Protect natural resources

• Support healthier communities

• Work together toward shared goals

• Become leaders who inspire others

🏆 Positive Behavior Change
Our program turns lunch into an engaging challenge through friendly competition, daily tracking, and visible progress. Instead of simply talking about sustainability, students experience how their choices reduce waste in real time.

By the end of the week, campers can see exactly how many pounds of food, recyclables, and compostables they kept out of the landfill—and celebrate the impact they created together.

Small Hands. Big Change.

When students can see the impact of their choices, they begin to believe they can change the world.

That's the heart of every Yaad Snacks Community program.

Feed People. Feed the Planet.