Theme: Waste to Wonderful
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- Ever get hungry while peeling potatoes that won’t be ready for a WHOLE HOUR? Make use of those peels by roasting them in the oven to make crispy potato skins. These delicious potato skin chips reduce food waste and satisfy cravings. -Abigail Sommer (1st place)
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- Don’t throw away those broccoli trunks (stems) and leaves! Every part of a broccoli plant is edible. Stems have more calcium and iron than the florets and are less bitter. Use them in stirfry for a crunchy water chestnut-like texture. -Jordan Hartman (2nd place)
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- “Sipping once, Sipping twice, Sipping veggie scrap soup with rice” I’m not worried about trash in my can; I turn the scraps into soup. The average US household wastes on average $2,275 worth of food with the majority of the waste coming from fruits and vegetables (NRDC.org). Using the scraps of your veggies to make vegetable broth can save you some extra money at the grocery store and fill your stomach with a delicious homemade meal.- Emma Hnat (3rd place)
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- Trick or Treat for Moos & Cheeps! Neighborhood pumpkin collection benefits local farm’s cows and chickens as a natural de-wormer. We plan to make this an annual tradition for uncarved pumpkins.-Marissa DeJesus (Honorable Mention)
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- Your food waste can decompose anaerobically in landfill producing methane adding to the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere… or it can recycle nutrients in compost aerobically to be used to buffer greenhouse gases & contaminants in our environment🌿- Luke Borling
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- There’s always a way, all you need is the passion to find one. 9 gallons of acid whey is generated per gallon of cheese manufactured. So much of waste! or is it really? Acid whey is being researched by food scientists as a potential source of so many nutrients, bioactive components and antibacterials. If there are so many ways to repurpose a so called ‘waste stream’ like acid whey, shouldn’t it be much more easier to repurpose non waste streams – food products themselves..? – Shivani Badiger
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- I created this painting using old coffee that had gone bad and some leftover hot sauce I had from my takeout order and I was able to turn something that would have been waste into something wonderful. The focus of this painting is on climate change and global warming and incorporates a quote by Greta Thunberg. The name “Hot Grounds” takes a nod at the fact that the world is physically getting hotter as well as how the painting itself was made from something “hot” because of the hot sauce, and “grounds” refers not only to the physical ground but also to the coffee grounds in the painting.- Hosanna An
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- My grandma is 1 of 17 children. Her family lived by 1 rule – don’t create waste. Last week, I threw out over $21 worth of food. This week, I wanted to honor my wallet, my grandma, and the planet by using up all bits of stale bread and eggs to create our special bread pudding dessert. I call it Donna’s Delight. – Logan Woodyard
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- CHOPPED! Always an adventure to see what you can do with surplus food that no longer meets grocer’s standards. Local non-profit, Food Not Bombs, reclaimed and we turned it into over 5 gallons of soup for a community “picnic” for the homeless. -Marissa DeJesus
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- “Refuse what you do not need; Reduce what you do need; Reuse what you consume; Recycle what you cannot Refuse,reduce,or reuse; And rot (compost) the rest.” -Bea Johnson -Audrey Dimmerling
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- Some of these pumpkins and bruised apples had completed their service in holiday displays. They got another chance to bring joy as apple-pumpkin bread shared with neighbors and a homeless outreach program! – Marissa DeJesus
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- “Reduce food waste by using scraps usually thrown away. When making soup, buy a whole chicken instead of parts. Use the carcass to make a flavorful broth. Bonus: add in vegetable scraps like peels and leaves. Making broth turns waste into a meal.”- Abigail Sommer