The Label Decoder
What "Best By" really means. Includes a 14-food table with safe-past-date timelines, a 4-step "Is It Still Good?" check, and side-by-side comparisons of Best By vs Use By vs Sell By.
Download PDFEverything I've made is FREE. Print it. Stick it on your fridge. Bring it to your library. Hand it to a friend whose strawberries always go moldy. The more people who get this stuff, the less food ends up in the trash. That's the whole goal!
What "Best By" really means. Includes a 14-food table with safe-past-date timelines, a 4-step "Is It Still Good?" check, and side-by-side comparisons of Best By vs Use By vs Sell By.
Download PDFFor pantries, retailers, and policy staff. A professional guide using EcoServe's kΩ data to argue for nationally standardized date labels. Includes outreach templates.
Download PDFKid-friendly. Storage tips, the vinegar bath hack, freezer tricks, and a one-page "is it still good?" decision tree you can stick on your fridge.
Download PDFA step-by-step build guide for other kids who want to make a simplified version of my sensor. Parts list (under $50), wiring photos, Arduino code, and how to skip the mistakes I made.
Download PDFA short report about food waste in my own backyard, using my numbers, so kids and grown-ups in DFW can see how big this problem actually is.
Free downloadable spreadsheet with every single reading from every single test I've run. For other kids who want to dig in.
A 30-minute science lesson teachers can actually use. Activity included. Aligned to Texas 5th-grade standards.