ALT Text offset in green and orange accents on a blue background, surrounded by clipart of food waste like apple cores and banana peels. Grant Opportunity For Your School: Stop Food Waste & Start Composting! Due 1/13/24. Funding available now! The Maryland State Department of Education is accepting grant applications from schools to reduce, rescue, and compost food waste. Why should your school apply? To reduce greenhouse gas emissions, get usable food into the hands of people who need it, give students hands-on experience fighting climate change, and meet Maryland Green School certification requirements. Apply for $500-8,000 to: educate your school community about composting, get equipment to save usable food for donation, establish a compost program, and more! More info at: www.cleanwater.org/mdschoolcompostgrants