The Hudson Valley Food Waste Challenge is an interactive, community initiative to raise public awareness about these issues. Participants will learn how to cut down their “foodprint” with easy strategies that will not only reduce what they are tossing in the garbage, but also save money and time. They will get ideas on how to better organize the refrigerator and store food so that it has a maximum shelf life along with safety tips for preparing leftovers and how to substitute ingredients into recipes so you can use what you have on hand. Learn more at this link: https://www.hudsonvalleyeats.com/food-waste-challenge.
“The Food Waste Challenge is a great activity for the whole family to do together, do in your neighborhood or get your school involved in. It will teach kids valuable lessons in protecting the environment, economics, healthy heating and giving back,” says Janet Irizarry, Founder of Hudson Valley EATS. “The United States Food Waste Reduction Goal is to reduce food waste by half by 2030, the UN Global initiative is to do it by 2050. As Hudson Valley residents, wouldn’t it be great to do our part to support these efforts as best we can? Each one of us by ourselves may feel there is nothing we can do about climate change, but I promise you, together we can make a difference.”