JIM VAIKNORAS/Staff photo Newburyport Public Health Nurse Pam Palumbo talks to 7th graders in the cafeteria at the Nock Middle School in Newburyport about how worms turn food waste into soil. Palumbo and Recycling and Energy Manager Molly Ettenborough gave a presentation as part of Food Recovery and Recycling Awareness Week at the school. Both the Nock and the Molin have food recovery programs in place, which collects and donate unopened food items and fresh fruit to people who need them through Nourishing the North Shore.

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