PLEDGE A #NOFOODWASTE NOVEMBER!
About 1/3 of all food produced worldwide goes to waste โ 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.
Friday Inspiration: MIT Researchers Tapping the Hidden Value of Farm Waste
news.mit.edu
![Love that this research and prototyping is making progress: enabling farmers to make better use o...](https://foodstand.imgix.net/uploads/post/photo/16939/6dd5c56d-50a5-4461-982c-5a053701eb8c.jpeg?bri=-20&con=-20&fit=crop&h=640&w=640)
Love that this research and prototyping is making progress: enabling farmers to make better use of the biomass (waste) while it's still on their farms (rather than burn it, which is so bad for the ...
The greatest trick capitalism ever pulled was making you want a pumpkin spice latte and its 49 gms of added sugar!
vox.com
![PSLs have 49 grams of added sugar - more than the daily allowance and no pumpkin. This is not onl...](https://foodstand.imgix.net/uploads/post/photo/15430/5d6df5cd-b72c-406e-b12a-9a7b007a7d02.jpg?bri=-20&con=-20&fit=crop&h=640&w=640)
PSLs have 49 grams of added sugar - more than the daily allowance and no pumpkin. This is not only a good read about the pumpkin spice latte, but also about our crazy with pumpkin flavors. Oddly, i...
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boxboxbetty I am totally guilty of falling for the PSL charm ๐
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DietID_TeamDietitians Me too!! So much nostalgia!
Sugar and kids: How to stop it from sneaking into their diets - CNN.com
cnn.com
!["US dietary guidelines recommend that children consume less than 10% of daily calories from added...](https://foodstand.imgix.net/uploads/post/photo/15835/96b8a445-9221-4312-b440-480eb38fe578.jpg?bri=-20&con=-20&fit=crop&h=640&w=640)
"US dietary guidelines recommend that children consume less than 10% of daily calories from added sugars -- but how easy is it to hit that limit?"
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annefood Great quote: "Sugar doesn't cause disease just because of its calories. Sugar causes disease because it's sugar," Lustig said.
Also so important!! :
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DietID_TeamDietitians Yes!! It's about less instead if none!
Zucchini
Salad. ๐
![MLapi's post](https://foodstand.imgix.net/uploads/post/photo/14952/f402c970-a0a2-6329-0be1-8e32ef795eb2.jpg?bri=-20&con=-20&fit=crop&h=640&w=640)
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munchiemummy I don't think to eat zucchini raw very often, but this looks delish.
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lauren Looks so good! And those tomatoes ๐
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DietID_TeamDietitians Ok this looks amazing
I just made it to Level II on the The Avoid Soda Challenge!
![melhec16's post](https://foodstand.imgix.net/uploads/post/photo/16966/45860aad-ef2e-c2d5-35f4-2ed130188bda.jpg?bri=-20&con=-20&fit=crop&h=640&w=640)
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Hectorres26 You need to stay in control.
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DietID_TeamDietitians keep it going!
Help please...need advice...thank you in advance.
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Monica101 I had orange juice. Can I use it as s pass, since I have one left.? I drank it because I grew sick.
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annefood Hey Monica101 ! So sorry to hear you are sick. Was the orange juice 100% fruit juice? It so, then it doesn't have any added sugar and you don't need to take a free pass. We recommend drinking juice...
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Monica101 Yes the oj it was 100% . I will use my last pass. Thank you so much.
Local oysters taste like the wind and the waves.
The Restaurant at Rowayton Seafood
![Local shellfish harvested a few hours ago are the only kind to eat. #KnowYourFarmer #seatotable](https://foodstand.imgix.net/uploads/post/photo/15366/3eb6d3e4-94ed-4a31-00e8-cf1a3a3ac3fa.jpg?bri=-20&con=-20&fit=crop&h=640&w=640)
Local shellfish harvested a few hours ago are the only kind to eat. #KnowYourFarmer #seatotable
I made it 10 days on the The Avoid Sugar at Breakfast Challenge!
![Ellie1601's post](https://foodstand.imgix.net/uploads/post/photo/16943/40d2e75e-5d7e-6c4d-580e-c724c04332cd.jpg?bri=-20&con=-20&fit=crop&h=640&w=640)
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annefood Fantastic @Ellie1601 !
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humvee That's amazing! @Ellie1601
I made it 3 days on the The Avoid Sweets Challenge!
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annefood Keep up the good work @edelweiss ! How has it been going so far?
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- 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 โ#NoFoodWasteโ in the description either by manually typing in the phrase or by adding it using the โ#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.
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