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.
It's really cold in our apartment. What should I make for dinner that's NOT soup?
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SimplySeema You could make some Dhaal - curried red lentils! (Boil 1c red lentils in 2c water for 15 or so mins until cooked, then add in some tomato sauce, turmeric, black pepper, sea salt, handful of chopped...
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DietID_TeamDietitians Second the daal reco. Im also a big fan of savory oatmeal or upma https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=auKaz5fuHHM
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JenniferEmilson Veggie chillies are always great as well. Good fibre, taste, and the amount of spice you add can warm you from the inside out!!
Would you put 12 teaspoons of sugar in your coffee? Great NY Times piece on the need for better sugar labels and warnings
opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com
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JenniferEmilson If people only understood that this is what is in most soft drinks.
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DietID_TeamDietitians Yep! The article mentioned a whole roster of drinks, including several that are commonly thought of as healthy
Study: Transparency key in decision to label modified ingredients
news.cornell.edu

"Take a look at any food label and there’s a good chance all design elements, from the color palette to the smallest detail, were meticulously chosen.Now, amid public debate about whether food comp...
My simple dinner in Milan (eating a southern Italian Caprese salad) totally proved the point that tomatoes often taste better in Europe (esp in winter)
vox.com

"Here's your answer."
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simplywithout Agreed! Everything tastes better locally!
Awesome and also delicious.
nydailynews.com

"Food delivery service Eat Offbeat employees refugee chefs from Syria, Iraq and Nepal."
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DietID_TeamDietitians Love this story! Have you eaten here?
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jodavis @rachna not yet! I've gotta try it soon
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sugardetoxme This is SUCH a good find @jodavis. I'm definitely going to look up and try this service.
Healthy Cafe Inquiry
Hey Foodstanders-
What are your favorite healthy cafes to gather with a group of friends? Looking for something open during the evenings here in the city.
Thanks in advance!
This real life Mark Watney is trying to survive for a year on nothing but potatoes - Quartz
theconversation.com

"To lose weight and improve his relationship with food, Andrew Taylor has decided to eat only potatoes for a year. But what will this diet do to his body?"
Traditional tortilla making in Santa Cruz, Guatemala!
Santa Cruz La Laguna

Amazing experience to make tortillas in a local, traditional Guatemalan house. Now need to try to recreate at home! What's your favorite meal inspired by travel?
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DietID_TeamDietitians It's the best to learn from the experts :) @akhilg2002 and I took a cooking class in Siem Reap where we learned how to make banana flower salad - one of the most surprisingly delicious things I've...
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simplywithout Sounds amazing @Rachna We can go on a hunt together, you for banana flowers and me for the traditional masa, although I'm sure masa is easier to find. Hmm, I smell a travel/global ingredients...
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DietID_TeamDietitians Yes!! Should do scavenger hunts to discover new ingredients! Putting a pin in that idea for our ambassadors :)
Food & Wine names Most Innovative Women In Food & Drink
foodandwine.com

Including Danielle Gould, Founder and CEO of Food + Tech Connect. #ladyboss
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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