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Welcome to Stop Food Waste Challenge!

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Hennepin County | Ramsey County | Washington County
Stop Food Waste Challenge
August 1 - August 31, 2025
Sarah Marotz 's avatar

Sarah Marotz

Niron Magnetics

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 102 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    14
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    10
    pounds
    food waste prevented

Sarah's actions

Planning

Create a Household Cookbook

I will create a cookbook or recipe collection of go-to meals for my household to make meal planning easier.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Planning

Create a Weekly Meal Plan

I will reduce food waste and save money by planning a weekly menu of meals and ingredients for my household of 5.

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

  • Sarah Marotz 's avatar
    Sarah Marotz 8/06/2025 8:31 AM
    Take 2 minute to wash and prep some raw produce to serve along side the regular meal. Sometime it's just a cut up apple or cucumber, but we eat more fruits and veg plus it isn't going bad in the fridge.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Planning
    An average American throws out about 240 lbs of food per year. The average family of four spends $1,500 a year on food that they throw out. Does this surprise you? Where would you rather use this money? How has meal planning helped you avoid waste?
    Sarah Marotz 's avatar
    Sarah Marotz 8/01/2025 6:30 AM
    Today is the last day before we leave on vacation. The family knows that tonight we will eat whatever leftover items are in the fridge.
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