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No joke! Monday starts Food Waste Prevention Week, championed in Skagit County by Washington State University Extension. It is a food security issue, a family budget issue – the cost of wasted food – and has an environmental impact on the planet.

The Skagit Food Waste Prevention Coalition has activities next week: classes, social media game and a compost event.

A cooking demonstration, “Cooking with Ends and Stems: A Sustainable Culinary Adventure,” is 12:30-1:15 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, at the La Conner Swinomish Library. You’ll get a kit to make the recipe at home.

Take the pledge and learn about preventing food waste at home and in your community at WSU Skagit Extension Food Waste Prevention Webpage: extension.wsu.edu/skagit/fam/.