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Waste Not Want Not: How Composting & Zero-Waste Cooking Can Green Your Life

Chef Todd Gray and Dame Ellen Kassoff, our hosts with the compost, will share their sustainability journey and pass along valuable tips on how you can start composting and save money by rescuing valuable ingredients you’re probably tossing. Wasting food wastes all kinds of resources and contributes to greenhouse gas emissions. By embracing seed-to-stem cooking and diverting food waste into compost...
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WSIZ Community Event: Tackling Food Waste

The Wheaton Sustainable Innovation Zone (WSIZ) invites you to take part in an upcoming event to learn about tackling food waste in your business. Wednesday, February 15 | 4pm – 6pm Agenda: 4pm – 5pm: Tabling | Networking 5pm – 6pm: Presentation | Q&A LOCATION WorkSource Montgomery, 11510 Georgia Avenue, Wheaton, MD 20902 REGISTER HERE The restaurant industry spends an e...
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Food Recovery Week: Food Waste Policy: Pitfalls & Progress

WEDNESDAY, OCT 19 — 7:00 – 8:00PM (Virtual) Food Waste Policy: Pitfalls & Progress Join us for a panel discussion about the local food waste policy landscape. Representatives from across the DMV will share their most impactful policies and frustrating roadblocks. Learn about innovative policies and how to advocate for the upcoming Farm Bill to expand national and local food waste programs. ...
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Food Recovery Week: Making the Most of Food: Regrow, Reduce, Recycle

TUESDAY, OCT 18 — 6:00 – 7:00PM (Virtual) Making the Most of Food: Regrow, Reduce, Recycle Join us to learn what to do with your leftover produce scraps. Instead of throwing them away, we will teach the general consumer how to use these kitchen scraps to regrow your produce in your kitchen, patio, or window. We will also provide tips on maximizing your food, making the most of your produce, redu...
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Food Recovery Week: Food Waste 101: A Roadmap to Achieving 50% Reduction by 2030

MONDAY, OCT 17 — 7:00 – 8:00 PM (Virtual) Food Waste 101: A Roadmap to Achieving 50% Reduction by 2030 Ever wonder who generates the most food waste, why food waste is a problem for climate, and what are the most effective ways to reduce it? ReFED, a nationally-respected consortium of food waste experts, recommends 40 evidence-based ways to combat food waste. You will learn the most impactful ac...
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Food Recovery Week: Minimizing Food Waste at Home

MONDAY, OCT 17 — 5:30 – 6:30PM (Virtual) Minimizing Food Waste at Home Come learn how to reduce food waste in your home by properly storing, saving and freezing your food, getting creative with leftovers, and preparing recipes with minimal food waste. Get inspired to make a measurable difference by signing up for a seriously fun 4-week take home challenge! Presented by: Capital Area Food Ban...
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Food Recovery Week: Composting as a Statement for Ecological Diplomacy

MONDAY, OCT 17 — Noon – 1:00PM (Virtual) Composting as a Statement for Ecological Diplomacy: Embassies Leading by Example in DC Discover which embassies in DC are enhancing our local food systems and making a statement by reducing food waste and by composting. You will hear from embassy project leaders about the nuts and bolts of their composting operations. Embassies, government and internation...
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