Mallory Sparks

ENS 201 Fall 2023

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
91 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

1.0

meatless or vegan meal

consumed
UP TO

7.0

minutes

spent outdoors
UP TO

25

minutes

spent learning

Mallory's actions

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Learn the Truth About Expiration Dates

Reduced Food Waste

I will spend at least 20 minutes learning how to differentiate between sell by, use by, and best by dates.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Zero-Waste Cooking

Reduced Food Waste

I will cook 3 meals with zero-waste each day.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Reduce Food Waste

Reduced Food Waste

I will keep a daily log of food I throw away during Drawdown Ecochallenge, either because it went bad before I ate it, I put too much on my plate, or it was scraps from food preparation, and commit to reducing my food waste throughout the challenge.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Reduce Animal Products

Plant-Rich Diets

I will enjoy 2 meatless or vegan meals each day of the challenge.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Smaller Portions

Reduced Food Waste

I will use smaller plates and/or serve smaller portions when dishing out food.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Tend A Garden

Conservation Agriculture

I will tend to a garden, or prepare for one, each day using sustainable gardening practices.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Participant Feed

REFLECTION QUESTION
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

While dishing food out, we tend to load our plates with more than we need. Using smaller plates helps to mitigate this. Aside from the environmental benefits, what other benefits might come from eating/serving smaller portions?
Mallory Sparks 10/03/2023 7:20 AM
Aside from the environmental benefits, eating smaller portions can help improve your health. Overconsumption is bad for the body because your body cannot process all of the calories and nutrients it is taking in. This can lead to excess food being stored as fat, which can increase risks of obesity, high cholesterol, diabetes, cancers, and cardiovascular disease.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

How does knowing the difference between use by, sell by, and best by dates empower you to make better decisions?
Mallory Sparks 10/03/2023 7:17 AM
Knowing the difference between use by, sell by, and best by dates allows me to make better judgement calls on whether or not I can eat a specific food item or if I should throw it away. Sell by dates indicate that I still have around a week after buying the product to eat it and should not throw it away. Best by dates mean that I can still eat the product, it just might not taste as fresh as before. Use by means that I should use the product by that day (but this only really applies to meat. It would be fine to eat vegetables after use-by date if they are not moldy).

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