The Central Vermont Solid Waste Management is sponsoring a free workshop about reducing food waste next Thursday, March 14 at the Center for an Agricultural Economy. Register at: http://www.cvswmd.org/workshop-registration.html

All articipants will go home with tools to help reduce food waste, and we'll share a meal that we all prepare with Chef Jim McCarthy, In this inspiring hands-on class, we'll share the following tips and strategies:
• Meal planning,
• How to store foods properly,
• Friending your freezer,
• Loving your leftovers,
• Understanding expiration dates, and
• No-recipe, batch, and scrap-based cooking.
Currently, about 40% of food grown in the US is wasted, never making it onto someone's plate. The average American family of four wastes $1500 a year on food they buy but don't eat. If wasted food were a country, it would be the third largest producer of greenhouse gases in the world, after China and the United States. Come learn food-saving techniques and help the US meet its goal to reduce food waste by 50% by 2030. You will be preparing and eating several small dishes during the class.
About the Instructors:
Chef Jim McCarthy has been cooking for nearly 20 years and is currently the chef/owner of the Mill Market in South Burlington. Before the Market, Jim had been the executive chef at Shelburne Farms where he spent time cooking true 'farm to table' cuisine for over a decade. He was classically trained at the New England Culinary Institute and went on to spend nearly 5 years cooking Asian cuisine at A Single Pebble in Burlington while also pursuing a Master's degree in Nurition and Food Science from the University of Vermont.
Anne Bijur works for the Waste Management and Prevention Division of Vermont's Department of Environmental Conservation. She helps implement Vermont's recycling, composting, and waste reduction initiatives. She formerly was Communications and Outreach Coordinator for Vermont FEED (Food Education Every Day) and the Vermont Farm to School Network.
Register at: http://www.cvswmd.org/workshop-registration.html
This workshop is sponsored by the Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District with funding from a USDA Rural Utilities Service grant.

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