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April events!
Calendar of Events
Sunday, April 6
Garden Chat with Upcycled Treats, Teaism Dupont Circle
Monday, April 7
Make the Most of Food with a Veggie Twist
Food is Too Good to Waste, Wheaton Library, Silver Spring
Tuesday, April 8
Montgomery County Composting Education Hub
Model Municipal Ordinances on Community Composting
Food is Too Good to Waste, Long Branch Library, Silver Spring
Wednesday, April 9
Food is Too Good to Waste, Gaithersburg Library, Gaithersburg
Thursday, April 10
Local Food Waste Prevention Campaigns
Food is Too Good to Waste, White Oak Library, Silver Spring
JUST EAT IT, a food waste story (Public Performance)
NoVA Happy Hour at Audacious Aleworks in Fairfax City
Brookeville Beer Farm Happy Hour
Friday, April 11
Kitchen Improv: Leftover Remix
Food is Too Good to Waste, Silver Spring Library, Silver Spring
Saturday, April 12
Spring Event at So What Else Outdoor Food Pantry
Sunday, April 13
ReDelicious DC Outreach at Edgewood Community Farm
Other Resources
Online
JUST EAT IT, a food waste story (YouTube, for personal use only)
Organics Composting Facility (YouTube video)
Repurposing Leftovers (YouTube video)
Blog
Leftovers and Food Safety from the USDA
Spring Event at So What Else Outdoor Food Pantry
Saturday, April 12, 2025
9:00 am-1:00 pm
Wyaconda Warehouse
4924 Wyaconda Road
North Bethesda, MD 20852
Join us at our Wyaconda Warehouse for Food Waste Prevention Week and our 2 year anniversary! We will have an experienced composter working with volunteers while we sort through food donations for our weekly outdoor food distribution, a tour, and a Q&A to discuss ways to prevent food waste!
Montgomery County Composting Education Hub
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TOURTuesday, April 8, 2025
Tours start at 9 am, 10 am, and 11 am
Come to the Agricultural History Farm Park in Derwood to learn about the county’s first food waste composting demonstration site!
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Model Municipal Ordinances on Community Composting: Reducing Barriers and Advancing Opportunities
WEBINAR
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
1:00 pm
The Models aim to address local zoning and operational barriers to community composting and highlight opportunities for municipalities to advance community composting through education, technical assistance, and financial assistance.
CLICK HERE for more information and to register.
Local Food Waste Prevention Campaigns – a Potent Source of Economic and Climate Benefits
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WEBINARThursday, April 10, 2025 |
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Join speakers Tony Staubach and Lesly Baesens, with moderator Carol Adaire Jones, for this engaging webinar. The speakers will share their experiences with behavior change campaigns for households and commercial, industrial, and food recovery organizations at the local level.
CLICK HERE for more information and to register for this event.
Educational Film JUST EAT IT, a food waste story
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Thursday, April 10, 2025 Potomac Library We all love food. As a society, we devour countless cooking shows, culinary magazines, and foodie blogs. So how could we possibly be throwing nearly 50% of it in the trash? The LA Times said this movie is “Funny, shocking and fascinating.” CLICK HERE for more information and to watch the trailer. |
Make the Most of Food with a Veggie Twist
WEBINAR
Monday, April 7, 2025
6:00 pm
What happened when K-12 educators, high school students, and life-long learners tried to tackle household food waste and plant-rich diets together?
CLICK HERE for more information and to register.
ReDelicious DC Outreach at Edgewood Community Farm
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Edgewood Community Farm Sunday, April 13, 2025 |
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Every Sunday, ReDelicious gathers food waste from different farmers’ markets, local businesses, and leftovers from the community at an urban farm in Edgewood DC.
All are welcome to take, eat, cook, and preserve the food. It’s an improvisational kitchen experimentation experience run by a co-op who believes in economic democracy. Join us on Sunday to be a part of the magic.
ReDelicious is a food repurpose co-op and kitchen library. We ferment, dehydrate, preserve, and cultivate delicious products from food waste. Our signature product is pesto made from the tops of carrots, radishes, turnips, and other veggies. The profits we make will be directly invested in building our community-owned kitchen library: kitchen tools, appliances, and infrastructure for everyone to share. We are converting community waste into community wealth.
Northern Virginia
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HAPPY HOURThursday, April 10, 2025 Audacious Aleworks Brewery |
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CLICK HERE for more information and to RSVP.
Food Waste Prevention Week Happy Hour
Brookeville Beer Farm
20315-A Georgia Ave
Brookeville, MD 20833
Thursday, April 10, 2025
4:00-6:00 pm
Join the Montgomery County Food Council and Manna Food Center for a Food Waste Prevention Week Happy Hour at Brookeville Beer Farm. The county executive has been invited! Stay tuned for more details.
CLICK HERE to register for this event.
WEBINAR
Friday, April 11, 2025
6:00-7:00 pm
Leftover Remix will focus on how to transform Monday’s leftovers into Wednesday’s new creation.
Bring a willingness to open your fridge or to share your most recent disappointing leftover conundrum, and together, we’ll make something new to surprise and delight you and/or your most demanding eaters!
CLICK HERE to learn more and to reserve your spot for this informative webinar.
Food Waste Prevention Week in the DMV is Brought to You by:
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Community Food Rescue is a program of Manna Food Center |
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Where are the Events?
(coming soon)
Other Resources
JUST EAT IT, a food waste story
Can’t make it to a showing during Food Waste Prevention Week?
No problem! The full-length movie is on YouTube!
It’s brought to you by Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, the parent company of Redbox, Crackle, and Screen Media (formerly 1091 Pictures.) However, it’s for personal use at home with family and friends and does NOT include a Public Performance license.
Prince George’s County
Organics Composting Facility
VIDEO
Join us as Steve Birchfield gives us a tour of Prince George’s County Organics Facility in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, as we try to answer the question, “There is too much trash. What can we do?” See how your yard waste and food scraps become LeafGro®, a soil amendment that makes your soil more nutrient-rich.
CLICK HERE to watch this YouTube video or read the script.
Repurposing Leftovers
CLICK HERE to watch the video or read the transcript.
Many resources are available at the University of Maryland Extension Service
https://extension.umd.edu/resources/
Deciphering Dates on Products
Do you know what these date codes mean?
- BEST IF USED BY
- BEST BEFORE
- SELL BY
- FREEZE BY
Food date labels have little to do with safety and are only loosely related to quality. Many foods will still be good to eat well after those dates.
Leftovers and Food Safety
Often, when we cook at home or eat in a restaurant, we have leftovers. To ensure that leftovers are safe to eat, cook the food to a safe temperature and refrigerate the leftovers promptly. Not cooking food to a safe temperature and leaving food out at an unsafe temperature are the two main causes of foodborne illness. Safe handling of leftovers is very important to reducing … READ MORE
Cook the Right Amount of Food
Take the guesswork out of planning a meal for a party or other large group!
Answer a few simple questions so you don’t cook too much food!
Who are you expecting? (We all know some people eat more than others)
How Many Leftovers Do You Want?
What kind of meal are you having? A classic dinner party, a veggie paradise, or a smörgåsbord?
Try a variety of hot dishes and room-temperature dishes.
What side dishes do you want to include?
CLICK HERE to check out the Guest-imator App!
(more resources coming soon)