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Tag: Taste Not Waste

Taste Not Waste sets high goals

Posted on December 12, 2018December 12, 2018 by Contributing Writer

By Justin Monroe In October of 2016, a few mindful students and faculty combined their efforts to figure out a solution for reducing the amount of food wasted in Concordia’s Anderson Commons, giving life to the Taste Not Waste campaign. Taste Not Waste has implemented strategies not only into the experience of dining on campus,…

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Students weigh in on plate waste

Posted on February 1, 2018January 31, 2018 by Sarah Herlihy

If you had lunch in Anderson Commons between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 24, you likely encountered a large scale in the middle of the dining center with students lined up to scrape their plates into bins. When completely filled, the bins were placed on the scale to measure the food being…

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‘Taste Not Waste’ campaign strives to reduce plate waste

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Naomi Self

What began as a cooperation between Linda James’s, assistant professor of nutrition and dietetics, Inquiry, “Food in the World,” and Joan Kopperud’s, English professor, IWC, “Food is Identity, Culture, and Conflict,” flourished into a campus-wide campaign that’s making a big impact. Kopperud’s students were inspired to begin a movement after the field research they performed…

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New initiative aims to cut plate waste in dining services

Posted on November 3, 2016November 2, 2016 by Contributing Writer

Concordia College announces their goal to reduce plate waste 50 percent by the year 2020. The Taste Not Waste campaign aims to reduce plate waste by increasing awareness in order to promote a behavioral change at Concordia College. The USDA reports 30 to 40 percent of the food supply in the United States is never…

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