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Monday, September 29, 2025

Re: Recommendation for non-styrofoam school trays?

Please remove my email from the list. Thank you

From: Claudia Lipinski <clipinski@CHILDCARENASSAU.ORG>
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2025 10:08:02 AM
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Claudia Lipinski
Farm to Preschool Coordinator
Child Care Council of Nassau
99 Quentin Roosevelt Blvd. Ste. 201
Garden City, NY 11530
Phone: 516-358-9250 ext. #147
Toll Free: 800-233-3020
Fax: 516-358-9287
Email: clipinski@childcarenassau.org

  
From: Anderson, Laura <ander359@MSU.EDU>
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2025 9:48 AM
To: MIFARMTOSCHOOL@LIST.MSU.EDU <MIFARMTOSCHOOL@LIST.MSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Recommendation for non-styrofoam school trays?
 

Please remove my email from the list. Thank you.

 

Laura Anderson MS RDN

she/her/hers

Health Educator

Barry County/District 7 and 13

 

121 S. Church St.

Hastings, MI 49058

 

Office: 269-945-1388 x1026

Cell: 269-908-9803

Email: ander359@msu.edu

 

 

Michigan State University Extension programs and materials are open to all without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, religion, age, height, weight, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, marital status, family status, or veteran status. 

 

Michigan State University occupies the ancestral, traditional and contemporary lands of the Anishinaabeg – Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi peoples. In particular, the university resides on land ceded in the 1819 Treaty of Saginaw. We recognize Michigan's 12 federally recognized Native Nations, historic Indigenous communities in Michigan, Indigenous individuals and communities who live here now, and those who were forcibly removed from their homelands. In offering this land acknowledgement, we affirm Indigenous sovereignty, history and experiences.

 

Click on:

Link to self-referral form.

https://www.canr.msu.edu/mindfulnessforbetterliving/learn-more-refer-to

 

Link to virtual health programs calendar

https://www.canr.msu.edu/food_health/virtual-health-programs-calendar

 

From: Michelle Wright <admin@USACHERRIES.COM>
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2025 9:07 AM
To: MIFARMTOSCHOOL@LIST.MSU.EDU
Subject: FW: Recommendation for non-styrofoam school trays?

 

Please remove Nate Chesher's email (nchesher@usacherries.com) from your email list. He no longer works at CMI.

 

Michelle Wright

Administrative Coordinator

Cherry Marketing Institute

2900 West Road, Suite 102

East Lansing, MI 48823

Phone: (517) 669-4264

Fax: (517) 669-3354

Email: admin@usacherries.com

 

 

From: Kim Gagne <000007b45108dfe9-dmarc-request@LIST.MSU.EDU>
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2025 7:24 AM
To: MIFARMTOSCHOOL@LIST.MSU.EDU
Subject: Re: Recommendation for non-styrofoam school trays?

 

Hi Lilly, I would be interested in this too.  I have tried a couple of samples of bio-degrade but nothing my kitchen staff would get behind.

 

Kim Gagne

Food Director

Bullock Creek Schools

 

On Fri, Sep 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM Lilly Fink Shapiro <lilfinkshap@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi there,

 

Does anyone have specific products to recommend for school lunch trays that are not made of styrofoam? I'm working with the leadership at Ferndale Public Schools to transition away from the current styrofoam trays, and they're asking for specific suggestions (name of product or link to product) of what kinds of trays other districts are using. 

 

Do districts ever join forces to purchase items like this together in larger bulk to access better prices? 

 

Thank you!

Lilly

 

--

Lilly Fink Shapiro, MPH

MIFARMTOSCHOOL is a listserv that links farm-to-school stakeholders and practitioners in Michigan, from school food service directors and school administrators to growers and distributors. Content posted to MIFARMTOSCHOOL does not necessarily reflect the views of Michigan State University or the Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems.

MIFARMTOSCHOOL is a listserv that links farm-to-school stakeholders and practitioners in Michigan, from school food service directors and school administrators to growers and distributors. Content posted to MIFARMTOSCHOOL does not necessarily reflect the views of Michigan State University or the Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems.

MIFARMTOSCHOOL is a listserv that links farm-to-school stakeholders and practitioners in Michigan, from school food service directors and school administrators to growers and distributors. Content posted to MIFARMTOSCHOOL does not necessarily reflect the views of Michigan State University or the Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems.

MIFARMTOSCHOOL is a listserv that links farm-to-school stakeholders and practitioners in Michigan, from school food service directors and school administrators to growers and distributors. Content posted to MIFARMTOSCHOOL does not necessarily reflect the views of Michigan State University or the Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems.
MIFARMTOSCHOOL is a listserv that links farm-to-school stakeholders and practitioners in Michigan, from school food service directors and school administrators to growers and distributors. Content posted to MIFARMTOSCHOOL does not necessarily reflect the views of Michigan State University or the Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems.
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Re: Recommendation for non-styrofoam school trays?

Please remove my email from the list. Thank you.



Claudia Lipinski
Farm to Preschool Coordinator
Child Care Council of Nassau
99 Quentin Roosevelt Blvd. Ste. 201
Garden City, NY 11530
Phone: 516-358-9250 ext. #147
Toll Free: 800-233-3020
Fax: 516-358-9287
Email: clipinski@childcarenassau.org

  
From: Anderson, Laura <ander359@MSU.EDU>
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2025 9:48 AM
To: MIFARMTOSCHOOL@LIST.MSU.EDU <MIFARMTOSCHOOL@LIST.MSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Recommendation for non-styrofoam school trays?
 

Please remove my email from the list. Thank you.

 

Laura Anderson MS RDN

she/her/hers

Health Educator

Barry County/District 7 and 13

 

121 S. Church St.

Hastings, MI 49058

 

Office: 269-945-1388 x1026

Cell: 269-908-9803

Email: ander359@msu.edu

 

 

Michigan State University Extension programs and materials are open to all without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, religion, age, height, weight, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, marital status, family status, or veteran status. 

 

Michigan State University occupies the ancestral, traditional and contemporary lands of the Anishinaabeg – Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi peoples. In particular, the university resides on land ceded in the 1819 Treaty of Saginaw. We recognize Michigan's 12 federally recognized Native Nations, historic Indigenous communities in Michigan, Indigenous individuals and communities who live here now, and those who were forcibly removed from their homelands. In offering this land acknowledgement, we affirm Indigenous sovereignty, history and experiences.

 

Click on:

Link to self-referral form.

https://www.canr.msu.edu/mindfulnessforbetterliving/learn-more-refer-to

 

Link to virtual health programs calendar

https://www.canr.msu.edu/food_health/virtual-health-programs-calendar

 

From: Michelle Wright <admin@USACHERRIES.COM>
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2025 9:07 AM
To: MIFARMTOSCHOOL@LIST.MSU.EDU
Subject: FW: Recommendation for non-styrofoam school trays?

 

Please remove Nate Chesher's email (nchesher@usacherries.com) from your email list. He no longer works at CMI.

 

Michelle Wright

Administrative Coordinator

Cherry Marketing Institute

2900 West Road, Suite 102

East Lansing, MI 48823

Phone: (517) 669-4264

Fax: (517) 669-3354

Email: admin@usacherries.com

 

 

From: Kim Gagne <000007b45108dfe9-dmarc-request@LIST.MSU.EDU>
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2025 7:24 AM
To: MIFARMTOSCHOOL@LIST.MSU.EDU
Subject: Re: Recommendation for non-styrofoam school trays?

 

Hi Lilly, I would be interested in this too.  I have tried a couple of samples of bio-degrade but nothing my kitchen staff would get behind.

 

Kim Gagne

Food Director

Bullock Creek Schools

 

On Fri, Sep 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM Lilly Fink Shapiro <lilfinkshap@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi there,

 

Does anyone have specific products to recommend for school lunch trays that are not made of styrofoam? I'm working with the leadership at Ferndale Public Schools to transition away from the current styrofoam trays, and they're asking for specific suggestions (name of product or link to product) of what kinds of trays other districts are using. 

 

Do districts ever join forces to purchase items like this together in larger bulk to access better prices? 

 

Thank you!

Lilly

 

--

Lilly Fink Shapiro, MPH

MIFARMTOSCHOOL is a listserv that links farm-to-school stakeholders and practitioners in Michigan, from school food service directors and school administrators to growers and distributors. Content posted to MIFARMTOSCHOOL does not necessarily reflect the views of Michigan State University or the Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems.

MIFARMTOSCHOOL is a listserv that links farm-to-school stakeholders and practitioners in Michigan, from school food service directors and school administrators to growers and distributors. Content posted to MIFARMTOSCHOOL does not necessarily reflect the views of Michigan State University or the Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems.

MIFARMTOSCHOOL is a listserv that links farm-to-school stakeholders and practitioners in Michigan, from school food service directors and school administrators to growers and distributors. Content posted to MIFARMTOSCHOOL does not necessarily reflect the views of Michigan State University or the Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems.

MIFARMTOSCHOOL is a listserv that links farm-to-school stakeholders and practitioners in Michigan, from school food service directors and school administrators to growers and distributors. Content posted to MIFARMTOSCHOOL does not necessarily reflect the views of Michigan State University or the Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems.
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Re: Recommendation for non-styrofoam school trays?

Please remove me from the list as well, thank you. 
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On Sep 29, 2025, at 9:58 AM, Anderson, Laura <ander359@msu.edu> wrote:



Please remove my email from the list. Thank you.

 

Laura Anderson MS RDN

she/her/hers

Health Educator

Barry County/District 7 and 13

 

121 S. Church St.

Hastings, MI 49058

 

Office: 269-945-1388 x1026

Cell: 269-908-9803

Email: ander359@msu.edu

 

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Michigan State University Extension programs and materials are open to all without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, religion, age, height, weight, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, marital status, family status, or veteran status. 

 

Michigan State University occupies the ancestral, traditional and contemporary lands of the Anishinaabeg – Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi peoples. In particular, the university resides on land ceded in the 1819 Treaty of Saginaw. We recognize Michigan's 12 federally recognized Native Nations, historic Indigenous communities in Michigan, Indigenous individuals and communities who live here now, and those who were forcibly removed from their homelands. In offering this land acknowledgement, we affirm Indigenous sovereignty, history and experiences.

 

Click on:

Link to self-referral form.

https://www.canr.msu.edu/mindfulnessforbetterliving/learn-more-refer-to

 

Link to virtual health programs calendar

https://www.canr.msu.edu/food_health/virtual-health-programs-calendar

 

From: Michelle Wright <admin@USACHERRIES.COM>
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2025 9:07 AM
To: MIFARMTOSCHOOL@LIST.MSU.EDU
Subject: FW: Recommendation for non-styrofoam school trays?

 

Please remove Nate Chesher's email (nchesher@usacherries.com) from your email list. He no longer works at CMI.

 

Michelle Wright

Administrative Coordinator

Cherry Marketing Institute

2900 West Road, Suite 102

East Lansing, MI 48823

Phone: (517) 669-4264

Fax: (517) 669-3354

Email: admin@usacherries.com

 

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From: Kim Gagne <000007b45108dfe9-dmarc-request@LIST.MSU.EDU>
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2025 7:24 AM
To: MIFARMTOSCHOOL@LIST.MSU.EDU
Subject: Re: Recommendation for non-styrofoam school trays?

 

Hi Lilly, I would be interested in this too.  I have tried a couple of samples of bio-degrade but nothing my kitchen staff would get behind.

 

Kim Gagne

Food Director

Bullock Creek Schools

 

On Fri, Sep 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM Lilly Fink Shapiro <lilfinkshap@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi there,

 

Does anyone have specific products to recommend for school lunch trays that are not made of styrofoam? I'm working with the leadership at Ferndale Public Schools to transition away from the current styrofoam trays, and they're asking for specific suggestions (name of product or link to product) of what kinds of trays other districts are using. 

 

Do districts ever join forces to purchase items like this together in larger bulk to access better prices? 

 

Thank you!

Lilly

 

--

Lilly Fink Shapiro, MPH

MIFARMTOSCHOOL is a listserv that links farm-to-school stakeholders and practitioners in Michigan, from school food service directors and school administrators to growers and distributors. Content posted to MIFARMTOSCHOOL does not necessarily reflect the views of Michigan State University or the Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems.

MIFARMTOSCHOOL is a listserv that links farm-to-school stakeholders and practitioners in Michigan, from school food service directors and school administrators to growers and distributors. Content posted to MIFARMTOSCHOOL does not necessarily reflect the views of Michigan State University or the Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems.

MIFARMTOSCHOOL is a listserv that links farm-to-school stakeholders and practitioners in Michigan, from school food service directors and school administrators to growers and distributors. Content posted to MIFARMTOSCHOOL does not necessarily reflect the views of Michigan State University or the Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems.

MIFARMTOSCHOOL is a listserv that links farm-to-school stakeholders and practitioners in Michigan, from school food service directors and school administrators to growers and distributors. Content posted to MIFARMTOSCHOOL does not necessarily reflect the views of Michigan State University or the Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems.
Posted by at No comments:

Re: Recommendation for non-styrofoam school trays?

Please remove my email from the list. Thank you.

 

Laura Anderson MS RDN

she/her/hers

Health Educator

Barry County/District 7 and 13

 

121 S. Church St.

Hastings, MI 49058

 

Office: 269-945-1388 x1026

Cell: 269-908-9803

Email: ander359@msu.edu

 

 

Michigan State University Extension programs and materials are open to all without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, religion, age, height, weight, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, marital status, family status, or veteran status. 

 

Michigan State University occupies the ancestral, traditional and contemporary lands of the Anishinaabeg – Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi peoples. In particular, the university resides on land ceded in the 1819 Treaty of Saginaw. We recognize Michigan's 12 federally recognized Native Nations, historic Indigenous communities in Michigan, Indigenous individuals and communities who live here now, and those who were forcibly removed from their homelands. In offering this land acknowledgement, we affirm Indigenous sovereignty, history and experiences.

 

Click on:

Link to self-referral form.

https://www.canr.msu.edu/mindfulnessforbetterliving/learn-more-refer-to

 

Link to virtual health programs calendar

https://www.canr.msu.edu/food_health/virtual-health-programs-calendar

 

From: Michelle Wright <admin@USACHERRIES.COM>
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2025 9:07 AM
To: MIFARMTOSCHOOL@LIST.MSU.EDU
Subject: FW: Recommendation for non-styrofoam school trays?

 

Please remove Nate Chesher's email (nchesher@usacherries.com) from your email list. He no longer works at CMI.

 

Michelle Wright

Administrative Coordinator

Cherry Marketing Institute

2900 West Road, Suite 102

East Lansing, MI 48823

Phone: (517) 669-4264

Fax: (517) 669-3354

Email: admin@usacherries.com

 

 

From: Kim Gagne <000007b45108dfe9-dmarc-request@LIST.MSU.EDU>
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2025 7:24 AM
To: MIFARMTOSCHOOL@LIST.MSU.EDU
Subject: Re: Recommendation for non-styrofoam school trays?

 

Hi Lilly, I would be interested in this too.  I have tried a couple of samples of bio-degrade but nothing my kitchen staff would get behind.

 

Kim Gagne

Food Director

Bullock Creek Schools

 

On Fri, Sep 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM Lilly Fink Shapiro <lilfinkshap@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi there,

 

Does anyone have specific products to recommend for school lunch trays that are not made of styrofoam? I'm working with the leadership at Ferndale Public Schools to transition away from the current styrofoam trays, and they're asking for specific suggestions (name of product or link to product) of what kinds of trays other districts are using. 

 

Do districts ever join forces to purchase items like this together in larger bulk to access better prices? 

 

Thank you!

Lilly

 

--

Lilly Fink Shapiro, MPH

MIFARMTOSCHOOL is a listserv that links farm-to-school stakeholders and practitioners in Michigan, from school food service directors and school administrators to growers and distributors. Content posted to MIFARMTOSCHOOL does not necessarily reflect the views of Michigan State University or the Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems.

MIFARMTOSCHOOL is a listserv that links farm-to-school stakeholders and practitioners in Michigan, from school food service directors and school administrators to growers and distributors. Content posted to MIFARMTOSCHOOL does not necessarily reflect the views of Michigan State University or the Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems.

MIFARMTOSCHOOL is a listserv that links farm-to-school stakeholders and practitioners in Michigan, from school food service directors and school administrators to growers and distributors. Content posted to MIFARMTOSCHOOL does not necessarily reflect the views of Michigan State University or the Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems.

Posted by at No comments:

FW: Recommendation for non-styrofoam school trays?

Please remove Nate Chesher's email (nchesher@usacherries.com) from your email list. He no longer works at CMI.

 

Michelle Wright

Administrative Coordinator

Cherry Marketing Institute

2900 West Road, Suite 102

East Lansing, MI 48823

Phone: (517) 669-4264

Fax: (517) 669-3354

Email: admin@usacherries.com

 

 

From: Kim Gagne <000007b45108dfe9-dmarc-request@LIST.MSU.EDU>
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2025 7:24 AM
To: MIFARMTOSCHOOL@LIST.MSU.EDU
Subject: Re: Recommendation for non-styrofoam school trays?

 

Hi Lilly, I would be interested in this too.  I have tried a couple of samples of bio-degrade but nothing my kitchen staff would get behind.

 

Kim Gagne

Food Director

Bullock Creek Schools

 

On Fri, Sep 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM Lilly Fink Shapiro <lilfinkshap@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi there,

 

Does anyone have specific products to recommend for school lunch trays that are not made of styrofoam? I'm working with the leadership at Ferndale Public Schools to transition away from the current styrofoam trays, and they're asking for specific suggestions (name of product or link to product) of what kinds of trays other districts are using. 

 

Do districts ever join forces to purchase items like this together in larger bulk to access better prices? 

 

Thank you!

Lilly

 

--

Lilly Fink Shapiro, MPH

MIFARMTOSCHOOL is a listserv that links farm-to-school stakeholders and practitioners in Michigan, from school food service directors and school administrators to growers and distributors. Content posted to MIFARMTOSCHOOL does not necessarily reflect the views of Michigan State University or the Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems.

MIFARMTOSCHOOL is a listserv that links farm-to-school stakeholders and practitioners in Michigan, from school food service directors and school administrators to growers and distributors. Content posted to MIFARMTOSCHOOL does not necessarily reflect the views of Michigan State University or the Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems.

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Re: Recommendation for non-styrofoam school trays?

We get our compostables from BGreen in Ann Arbor and Delphine Stevens is the owner and can probably do some research for you.  https://bgreentoday.com/

734 210 2091


Kathy






On Sep 29, 2025, at 7:44 AM, Lauren Charbonneau <000007b56c56be27-dmarc-request@LIST.MSU.EDU> wrote:

Good morning,

Please see the link below for a Michigan startup.  I met Connie at an AIA event in Detroit last year.  

Their product is all stainless steel and made in the US.  I have included one of the owner's contact information below.  I believe they also have a partnership with Plastic Free Restaurants that might offer subsidies to make these easier for school districts to obtain.


Connie Lilley, AIA Detroit Honorary Affiliate, LEED AP
Territory Director, Michigan/ Green Schools Director
248.897.1255

We would love to hear more about where Ferndale lands as well as any other success stories.  

Thank you and have a great week!

Lauren Charbonneau, NCIDQ, Fe3




Lauren Charbonneau  •  Project Leader
o. (616)-204-8598
a. 302 N. East Street - Studio One
    Indianapolis, IN 46202

Click here to visit www.reitanodesigngroup.com




On Fri, Sep 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM Lilly Fink Shapiro <lilfinkshap@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi there,

Does anyone have specific products to recommend for school lunch trays that are not made of styrofoam? I'm working with the leadership at Ferndale Public Schools to transition away from the current styrofoam trays, and they're asking for specific suggestions (name of product or link to product) of what kinds of trays other districts are using. 

Do districts ever join forces to purchase items like this together in larger bulk to access better prices? 

Thank you!
Lilly

--
Lilly Fink Shapiro, MPH
MIFARMTOSCHOOL is a listserv that links farm-to-school stakeholders and practitioners in Michigan, from school food service directors and school administrators to growers and distributors. Content posted to MIFARMTOSCHOOL does not necessarily reflect the views of Michigan State University or the Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems.


--

Lauren Charbonneau, NCIDQ, Fe3




Lauren Charbonneau  •  Project Leader
o. (616)-204-8598
a. 302 N. East Street - Studio One
    Indianapolis, IN 46202

Click here to visit www.reitanodesigngroup.com

MIFARMTOSCHOOL is a listserv that links farm-to-school stakeholders and practitioners in Michigan, from school food service directors and school administrators to growers and distributors. Content posted to MIFARMTOSCHOOL does not necessarily reflect the views of Michigan State University or the Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems.

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