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We’re excited to help you on your journey to wasting less food! During the Stop Food Waste Challenge, which runs through August 31, we will send several short emails per week to provide you with resources.
Each week, we’ll dig into a different food waste topic and suggest actions to take no matter where you are on your food-waste-reduction journey. We’ll also provide tech tips to help you maximize your use of the challenge website and provide additional resources.
Before we get started, here are some tips to make the most of your experience.
Now that you've signed up, take a few moments to set up your dashboard.
Add a profile picture, profile banner image, and mission statement. Post a message to the feed about what you're hoping to accomplish during the challenge, recruit additional people to join you, and browse the categories and actions.
Looking for an easy way to access the challenge from your phone? See how to add the Stop Food Waste Challenge to your home screen.
Learn all the ways you can get points throughout the challenge. Participants who earn at least 100 points throughout the challenge will be entered into a drawing to receive a prize.
See our tips for getting started with the Stop Food Waste Challenge (PDF) for more information.
For the Stop Food Waste Challenge, you have more than 60 actions to choose from in six categories.
Let’s take a look at how the actions are set up:
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Action title: This is the action
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Description: This tells you more about what you would commit to doing to complete the action. Some actions include a spot for you to add a quantity to tailor the action when you select it.
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Learn more: Hover over this button to see additional external resources related to the action.
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Select: Click this button to select (or deselect) an action. You can change your mind and choose different actions after the challenge starts, but you will lose any impacts made from deselected actions after the challenge starts.
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Daily or one-time action: This describes the frequency of the action. One-time actions are investments or changes you commit to making long-term, while daily actions are choices you make more often – it could be every day, every few days, or a few times during the challenge – to build habits.
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Challenge level: This is a difficulty rating of the action and is represented by the bars at the bottom of an action. Learner is easiest, Pro is in the middle, and Leader is most advanced.
 How to choose your actions
You can select up to five daily actions and five one-time actions to work on during the challenge. Focus on actions that will make the most impact for you and your household. It's helpful to have a few smaller actions to focus on rather than become overwhelmed by trying to do too much.
Browse through the categories (Planning, Shopping, Cooking, Storage, Community, and Kids) to check off the actions you already take and reflect on which actions would be doable and impactful for your household.
Have you completed this challenge before? Recommit to actions that you may have stopped doing, select something you didn’t try last year, or take a step up in leadership as a team captain! You can recruit others and provide advice based off your past experience.
Enjoy the ride!
We know that change can be both challenging and fun, and we encourage you to embrace your journey. Creating change is steady work, but simple, everyday actions made by many people can add up to big impacts and a better future.
Find a list of all events on the events page.
Herbal tinctures and salves with Mississippi Market Co-op
Tuesday, August 6 from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Dayton’s Bluff Mississippi Market, 740 East 7th Street, St. Paul
Join budding herbalist Laurie Witzkowski to learn hands-on tinctures, salves, and other herbal remedies. Students will learn how to use leftover herbs in their garden and fridge to make herbal infusions and preparations. Students will create some goodies to take home after class. Fee: $5
Register to attend the event.
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Documentary viewing and discussion of "Wasted! The Story of Food Waste"
Wednesday, August 7 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Ramsey County Library in Maplewood, 3025 Southlawn Drive, Maplewood
Join us for a viewing of the documentary "Wasted! The Story of Food Waste." Chef Anthony Bourdain takes you around the world to meet chefs who demonstrate innovative ways to transform food scraps into delectable dishes. The documentary also sheds light on the global issue of food waste and efforts to combat it. A guided discussion will follow each viewing, led by staff from Ramsey County Environmental Health.
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