School cafeterias like large catering businesses often prepare more food than is consumed simply because they can rsquo t perfectly predict the need and leftover food goes to waste Yet there are many students who don rsquo t have enough food to eat at home and who go hungry on weekends One US school district partnered with a local non-profit to find a solution They packaged leftovers to send home with students and simultaneously addressed the problems of both food waste and hunger While most people wouldn rsquo t look at an abundance of money as a problem the way [... more]