THE SCOOP: TIPS AND NEWS TO HELP REDUCE FOOD WASTE

Wasted Food Stops With Us aims to shed light on the food waste problem and provide practical tips to participate in solutions. Hope you are hungry for change.

Food for the Soul- Distributing Recovered Nutritious Food

The solution to hunger won’t be found in a bag, box, or can because the crisis isn’t just about calories- it’s about nutrition. In...

Fruit

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Restaurant Plate Waste Costs Consumers up to $700 a Year

In 2021 more than $1.17 trillion dollars was spent at America’s restaurants and foodservice facilities, accounting for 55% of the average...

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Where Do Date Labels on Food Come From?

Best-By, Sell-By, Best-if-Used-By, Freeze-By. These are not expiration dates; they have nothing to do with food safety. They are...

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Salsa Dancing

Peppers are the key ingredient in a fresh, summer salsa. Originally grown in Central America, there are more than 50,000 types of...

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How Do I Stop Wasting Chocolate

Not all food waste is vegetables, meat, or dairy. Sometimes it’s chocolate! Practicing shopping, cooking, and food waste management...

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How Do I Reduce School Food Waste

Anyone who spends time in a school cafeteria during mealtime can see that an enormous amount of food ends up in the trash. In fact, here...

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How Do I Make Refrigerator Pickles?

One in six people in Hamilton County, Ohio struggle with food insecurity. Leaders like Jenan Rabi are working to solve this problem while...

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How do I preserve fresh eggs?

Scrambled or fried, over easy or hard boiled, eggs are one of the most popular foods consumed around the world. On average, Americans eat...

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Reducing Wasted Food through Successful Substitutions

Reducing Food Waste through Substitutions: Pumpkin Puree After the dust settled on a successful holiday party, I found myself with an...

Ways to Use Leftovers

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National Leftovers Day

In the US, more than $132 billion was spent on food in November of 2020.[1] For many Americans, the Thanksgiving feast is only half of...

Ways to Use Leftovers

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Tasteless Fruit?

It’s inevitable, the strawberries were red and the melon looked great, but with that first bite- disappointment, they just didn’t have...

Ways to Use Leftovers

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Neglect Your Produce? Tips to Revive So They Survive.

Yip, we planned to eat the recommended daily intake of veggies but somehow, we forgot about a few and now they’re wilted, shriveled, or...

Ways to Use Leftovers

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Sneaking Veggies into your Family’s Meals

I love to add shredded carrots, cabbage (of all sorts), zucchini and broccoli stems into wraps, casseroles, and soups even though recipes...

Ways to Use Leftovers

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C.O.R.N. for Dinner? Clean Out the Refrigerator!

Maybe you call it something else, but in my house it’s Clean Out the Refrigerator Night (CORN). Designating one night a week before you...

Fruit

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THE SCOOP: TIPS AND NEWS TO HELP REDUCE FOOD WASTE

Food for the Soul- Distributing Recovered Nutritious Food

Restaurant Plate Waste Costs Consumers up to $700 a Year

Where Do Date Labels on Food Come From?

Salsa Dancing

How Do I Stop Wasting Chocolate

How Do I Reduce School Food Waste

How Do I Make Refrigerator Pickles?

How do I preserve fresh eggs?

Reducing Wasted Food through Successful Substitutions

National Leftovers Day

Tasteless Fruit?

Neglect Your Produce? Tips to Revive So They Survive.

Sneaking Veggies into your Family’s Meals

C.O.R.N. for Dinner? Clean Out the Refrigerator!

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