**Snippet**: * Tucson students are learning **how leftovers from their school lunches can help grow the foods making up their future meals** through a new city-led initiative, **“From Scraps to Soil.”** * The program is federally funded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture Composting and Food Waste Reduction grant. It supplies $360,000 over the course of two years **to help 10 TUSD schools turn food waste into compost,** which will then be returned to school and community gardens to help grow produce. * **The project is also in partnership with the local nonprofit Iskashitaa Refugee Network, which will serve as a resource for employment, volunteering and education.** The nonprofit’s harvest program recovers up to 50 tons of local produce every year that would otherwise go to waste, according to Amelia Natoli, the acting director. * **“If you’ve ever wondered what our name means, ‘Iskashitaa’ means working cooperatively together. We’re grateful to be part of this project,” Natoli said.** * Lisa Rotello, a principal planner with the city’s environmental services, said the program will promote a circular economy, helping Tucson achieve its long term sustainability goals outlined in its Climate Action Plan. * One of those goals is to divert 50% of Tucson’s waste by 2030, with the ultimate vision of achieving zero waste by 2050. Plans from the city’s 2023 Zero Waste Roadmap propose school programs and curricula that would enhance waste diversion efforts. * The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that food is the single highest contributor to everyday trash. Food waste also accounts for about 60% of landfill-to-atmosphere methane emissions, contributing to the breakdown of the ozone laye

Five young students from Camelsdale Primary School completed a 10km sponsored run alongside their fathers, raising over £1,000 for cancer research in memory of loved ones.