PLEDGE A #NOFOODWASTE NOVEMBER!
About 1/3 of all food produced worldwide goes to waste — and we want to change that!
Did you use your leftovers, take home a doggy bag, bring extra food to a pantry, or simply compost your scraps?
Join Foodstand and our partners in pledging a #NoFoodWaste November. Learn how and share your good food deeds with #NoFoodWaste to win prizes. This week - win prizes from Dig Inn and Farm to People!
1. Join the Foodstand Community via our iPhone app.
2. Post as many photos as you like of your good no-food-waste deeds, and apply #NoFoodWaste.
3. Challenge your friends to a #NoFoodWaste November! We will curate some of the best posts to highlight with our partners.
Foodstanders say No. Food. Waste.
Our 🌎 is beautiful. Do 💧what you can to help! #EarthDay

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Ricky Foods, by water usage per pound (seems like all of my favorites require the most. 😞): http://www.treehugger.com/green-food/from-lettuce-to-beef-whats-the-water-footprint-of-your-food.html
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mirasingh Oh man mangos and avocados. At least I don't eat beef 😕
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Embraces Good Food Movement
goodfoodoneverytable.org

An update on the USDA programming #foodpolicy
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DietID_TeamDietitians This is pretty awesome --> "USDA, in fact, reports that it invested more than $1 billion between 2009 and 2015 in nearly 40,000 local and regional food businesses and infrastructure projects."
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DietID_TeamDietitians wow also this "Those receiving low-income food assistance under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) program can now use their benefit cards to purchase locally produced vegetables...
The 6 Things That Subconsciously Impact Your Restaurant Order
huffingtonpost.com
Interesting food for thought... Number one surprised me 😮
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DietID_TeamDietitians Sooo fascinating! Number 1 is so strange! I wonder what tipped them off to even test that. Also the fruit in buffet line thing is totally real. Researchers have even done studies like that in...
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Udi Very interesting. Esp. the weight stuff like @rachna said.
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unconventionalbaker @rachna @udi I know, right? I guess thinking of it it sort of makes sense. Like f your waiter was very petite and you were self conscious about your weight, maybe you'd feel like they'd judge or...
Grilled fruits and vegetables like these tomatillos make for a perfect a homemade salsa. #kitchentips
servemenow.org

Just add onions, lime juice, cilantro, fav spicy pepper, and S+P! You can do this with all kinds of tomatoes, bell peppers, zucchini, mango, pineapple, or stone fruit.
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thefoodbusinessschool Ready to get serious about your future in food business?
Join the Food Business School in Napa this summer and get serious about making a difference with Food Venture Lab, a rigorous one-week...
Best brunch places in NYC that focus on vegetables??
instagram.com
Brooklyn, NY

"“Listen up brunch restaurants! I want to see more vegetables on your menu so I can have a breakfast like this. Eggs and veggies. #veggiesforbreakfast…”"
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DietID_TeamDietitians Veggie-focused brunch / breakfast places that do it right: Westville (if you're doing late breakfast) and Jack's Wife Freda has a shakshouka and a mediterranean breakfast on the menu.
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lauren Chalk Point Kitchen!
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sugardetoxme I'm now practically eating lunch for breakfast bc I want more and more greens in my tummy!
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Syrup and Spirits Tour
rootedny.com
Birch Coffee

Join us for a day trip to upstate NY where we'll go behind-the-scenes at Crown Maple, an organic maple syrup producer, and Denning's Point Distillery, which makes a range of specially spirits.
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RootedNY Note that the location is the bus pickup spot in Manhattan.
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mirasingh this looks awesome!
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RootedNY Thanks @mirasingh! Hope you can join us. You can use our promo code SUBSCRIBER to take 20% off the ticket price.
People Have An Odd Craving For Pineapple During The Oscars, According To Data
huffingtonpost.com

"Who knew?"
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DietID_TeamDietitians Random! You're not alone @akhilg2002
When you cook for one your dinners look more and more like snacks. #burrata #nectarinecaprese

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Jeremy That looks ideal
What was your biggest #foodfail?
blog.thefoodstand.com

We're all human, and even the best chefs have disastrous kitchen moments. Here are ten of our favorite answers from Behind The Plate - check it out. Audrey @unconventionalbaker said "Broccoli chees...
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unconventionalbaker Haha. I still cringe at the memory of that cheesecake 🙈🙈😄 Gosh, so many relatable ones. I've definitely presented plenty a "deconstructed" dessert. And meringues are trickier than they seem! Unripe...
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Ricky I feel like they've decreased ever since I unplugged my smoke alarm, but that might just be a matter of perception.
Watch the Trailer for Season Two of 'Chef's Table' on Netflix !
eater.com

So excited! With Cooked and Chef's Table, Netflix is exploding with good food!
To participate
- Download the Foodstand iPhone Application.
- Between 10AM EST on Monday, November 2, 2015 and 11:59 PM EST on Monday, November 30, 2015 (the Sweepstakes Period), using the Foodstand iPhone Application, any posts that include “#NoFoodWaste” in the description either by manually typing in the phrase or by adding it using the “#NoFoodWaste button during the Sweepstakes Period will be counted as an entry.
- A random drawing will be held from all eligible entries (posts containing #NoFoodWaste in the description) received during the Sweepstakes Period, on or about Tuesday, December 1, 2015, by Foodstand, whose decisions concerning all matters related to this sweepstakes are final.
- Each week, we will choose two winners. One winner will be from the New York, Metropolitan area, and will receive two meal tokens from Dig Inn (diginn.com) restaurant. A second winner will be chosen from a non-New York metropolitan area, and will receive a Tasting Box from Farm to People (farmtopeople.com) The prize will be delivered by mail after the winner is announced and the winner has provided a mailing address to receive the prize.
Details:
- Each #NoFoodWaste post (also known as an entry) must be fully completed; mechanically reproduced; incomplete and/or illegible entries will not be accepted. In case of dispute with respect to entries, entries will be declared made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of entry. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet Access Provider, on-line service provider, or other organization (e.g., business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address.
- Entries become property of Foodstand and may be shared with partners of Foodstand. Automated entries are prohibited, and any use of such automated devices will cause disqualification. Foodstand and its advertising and promotions agencies are not responsible for lost, late, illegible, misdirected or stolen entries or transmissions, or problems of any kind whether mechanical, human or electronic.
- Notice to Winners: Winner will be notified by e-mail. Winner may be required to sign and return an affidavit of eligibility and publicity/liability release within fifteen (15) days of notification attempt or prize may be awarded to alternate winner. Return of any prize notification as undeliverable will result in disqualification and alternate winner will be selected. If a winner is a minor in his/her jurisdiction of residence, prize will be awarded to minor's parent or legal guardian, who must follow all prize claim procedures specified herein and sign and return all required documents.
- Prize: Four (4) winners will be chosen from the New York metropolitan area. These winners will each receive two (2) tokens, each good for one (1) meal at any Dig Inn restaurant location. Prize will be mailed to winner. Four (4) additional winners will each receive one (1) Tasting Box Subscription from Farm to People (Farmtopeople.com). Prize will be delivered by mail.
- Odds of winning depend upon the number of eligible entries received. If any prize is won by a minor, it will be awarded in the name of minor's parent or legal guardian. Each entrant selected as a potential winner must comply with all terms and conditions set forth in these Official Rules, and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all such requirements. Foodstand makes no warranties with regard to the prize. Prize is not transferable. No substitutions of prize allowed by winner, but Foodstand reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value. Prize is not redeemable by winner for cash value. All taxes, fees and surcharges on prize are the sole responsibility of winner.
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