Food Recovery Program
Food Recovery Program
OCPS Food and Nutrition Services is committed to building sustainable partnerships with local charitable organizations (501c)(3) to rescue food.
The FNS Sustainability Department provides education, training and resources on the importance of conservation methods for staff and students to inspire others by creating habits that maintain healthy lifestyles and a healthy environment.
Our goals are to feed our students nutritious meals, control waste by proper inventory management, keep good food out of landfills with the use of share tables and rescuing leftovers with the FNS Food Recovery Program, and support school garden activities with school site composting or feeding campus livestock.
Contact Us:
8101 Benrus St.
Orlando, FL 32827
Office Hours: 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
407-858-3110
Karena Bozarth, Sustainability Manager
karena.bozarth@ocps.net
Non-profit organizations who wish to collaborate with FNS should contact FSRecovery@ocps.net.
More Information
According to sources, 30-40% of all food produced in the United States is wasted and discarded in a landfill. Based on this, Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) has developed programs to help reduce food waste in our schools using diversion and recovery methods.
During the week of September 28 to October 4 2026, FNS partnered with Food Waste Prevention Week 2026, a nationwide movement focused on educating and empowering people at home, work and school. Students and staff helped to recover 1.4M pounds of food waste from entering our landfills through composting and food donations since 2021, this is an outstanding achievement!
In addition, the USDA has partnered with agencies to eliminate the confusion about food expiration dates in an effort to educate and reduce premature discard of wholesome foods - which can ultimately save consumers money.
Food Waste Prevention Week USDA Food Loss and Waste