Washington Center for Sustainable Food Management
A new branch of the Washington State Department of Ecology, the Center for Sustainable Food Management works to support and track progress towards Washington’s food waste reduction goals. Check out the WA Center for Sustainable Food Management website for more information.
Use Food Well
Check out the Use Food Well website from the Washington State Department of Ecology. There are a ton of great resources including a Meal Planning Guide, Shop Smart Guide (PDF), and Food Storage Guide!
For those interested in making your own materials, see the Use Food Well Brand Guide (PDF) for font, color formulas, example pages and more. Check the Resources section of the website regularly as they continue to add new and translated materials.
For Food Waste Prevention Week (April 7-13, 2025), a good place to start is the Use Food Well Partner Toolkit (PDF) which has key talking points, sample social media posts, and a newsletter template. It also has links to Washington State Department of Ecology’s social media pages (Facebook, Instagram, and X/Twitter) and hashtags (#UseFoodWellWA, #FoodWasteAddsUP, #FWPW, #FoodWastePreventionWeek).
Leah’s Pantry Curriculum: Food Smarts Food Waste Reduction
Leah’s Pantry Food Smarts Waste Reduction is a stand-alone curriculum that covers information around reducing household food waste aimed towards adults. Curriculum on this topic for youth is in development. This curriculum consists of three 90 minutes sessions and covers topics including:
- Identifying areas of food waste
- Food safety
- Food storage
- Food preservation
For more information, go to our Food Waste Curriculum page.