THE SCOOP: TIPS AND NEWS TO HELP REDUCE FOOD WASTE

Too Many Tomatoes Soup!

Every summer, tomatoes fill the vines in our yards asking to be shared and sauced! Make this tasty tomato soup if you're on the tomato train

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Bananas: The good, the brown, and the squishy!

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Bananas: The good, the brown, and the squishy!

As one of the most iconic pieces of produce, the humble banana is a familiar friend to most. Yet this sweet yellow fruit is often...

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How Farmers Markets Reduce Food Waste

Talking to a local food producer at a farmers’ market is a great way to support the regional economy and reduce food waste.

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The Power of the Tomato!

Reading “Eat to Beat Your Diet” has made me reconsider tomatoes.

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Half of all Wasted Food Comes From Our Homes.

May 3, 20232 min read

Half of all Wasted Food Comes From Our Homes.

This might be some tough meat to chew, but half of all food waste comes from our homes.

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Crepe'd Crusader- Chef Anthony Jordan

For more than 30 years Chef Anthony Jordan has been on a quest to make healthy food more accessible.

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Smoothie Slurp

Did you know that wasted food costs a family of four up to $1,800 a year? Smoothies are a great way to use up that produce you might have...

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Melora the Apple

It's hard to beat a good fresh apple. They're a juicy, they're sweet, and they're high in fiber! But biting into a bruised or over ripe...

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Dec 14, 20222 min read

Should You Buy Fresh or Frozen Veggies?

Fresh vs. frozen In a study comparing fresh and frozen produce, researchers found little to no difference in the nutritional content. In...

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Food for the Soul- Distributing Recovered Nutritious Food

Oct 26, 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...

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Great Apple Crunch 2022

Since 2014, millions of bites have been taken out of local apples each October for the Great Apple Crunch, an annual event celebrating...

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Our Native Fruit, the Pawpaw!

A native fruit that tastes like a combination of a mango and a banana, pawpaws are found throughout the eastern United States. They were...

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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 Store and Serve Tomatoes?

What started as a diverse wild plant growing in the Andes Mountains eventually evolved into one of the world’s most popular foods–...

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How do I Store Grapes?

A tasty snack, an energy packed drink, dried as raisins, or transformed into gummy treats - thanks to the growers from the National Grape...

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How to Buy and Store Cucumbers

My great grandmother used to say that if you wanted to keep ants out of your home you should lay a cucumber peel across your doorstep....

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Videos

I Can Use Peaches in my Salsa?

Is anything sweeter than a Georgia Peach? Yes- reducing food waste! Peaches (“Tao zi” 桃子) are native to China and have been cultivated...

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