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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.
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Refrigerator Storage 101
We’ve collected our favorite tips to reduce holiday food waste this season and wrapped them up just for you!
Nov 9, 20222 min read
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...
Oct 26, 20222 min read
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...
Oct 12, 20222 min read
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...
Sep 27, 20222 min read
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...
Jul 27, 20223 min read
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...
Mar 30, 20223 min read
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...
Mar 24, 20223 min read
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...
Mar 2, 20222 min read
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...
Jan 24, 20222 min read
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...
Dec 20, 20212 min read
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...
Nov 23, 20211 min read
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...
May 18, 20211 min read
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...
May 18, 20211 min read
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...
May 18, 20211 min read
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...
May 18, 20211 min read
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