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Did you know you probably throw away 25 percent of the food you buy? That’s a crazy amount of wasted food and money. The Rethink Waste Project, a program of The Environmental Center, is encouraging people to take the Rethink Food Waste Challenge. Starting May 14, people can participate by weighing and recording the cumulative food wasted each week. During the four-week challenge participants learn how to make simple behavior changes to prevent wasted food. Two grand prize winners will receive $400 in harvest bucks.

To learn more and sign up, visit rethinkwasteproject.org/foodwaste.

This article appears in May 9-16, 2018.

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Rethink Food Waste Challenge starts May 14

by Lisa Sipe, The Source - Bend, Oregon
May 9, 2018

<h1>Rethink Food Waste Challenge starts May 14</h1> <p class="byline">by Lisa Sipe, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />May 9, 2018</p> <br /> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/15951717452_db57fddd28_b.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/15951717452_db57fddd28_b.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-37175" /></a></figure> <p> <span class="fdnDropCap">D</span>id you know you probably throw away 25 percent of the food you buy? That's a crazy amount of wasted food and money. The <a href="http://www.rethinkwasteproject.org/" target="_blank">Rethink Waste Project</a>, a program of The Environmental Center, is encouraging people to take the <a href="http://www.rethinkwasteproject.org/foodwaste/" target="_blank">Rethink Food Waste</a> Challenge. Starting May 14, people can participate by weighing and recording the cumulative food wasted each week. During the four-week challenge participants learn how to make simple behavior changes to prevent wasted food. Two grand prize winners will receive $400 in harvest bucks.</p> <p>To learn more and sign up, visit <a href="http://rethinkwasteproject.org/foodwaste" target="_blank">rethinkwasteproject.org/foodwaste</a>. </p></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/food-drink/rethink-food-waste-challenge-starts-may-14-5918598/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=37158&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/food-drink/rethink-food-waste-challenge-starts-may-14-5918598/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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