Abigail West

ENS 201 Fall 2023

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
110 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

5.0

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
UP TO

128

minutes

spent learning

Abigail's actions

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Learn the Truth About Expiration Dates

Reduced Food Waste

I will spend at least 30 minutes learning how to differentiate between sell by, use by, and best by dates.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Reduce Animal Products

Plant-Rich Diets

I will enjoy 1 meatless or vegan meals each day of the challenge.

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

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 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Learn About Aquaculture

Improved Aquaculture

Each day, I will spend at least 30 minutes learning about sustainable aquaculture.

COMPLETED 3
DAILY ACTIONS

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?
Abigail West 10/16/2023 9:35 AM
Healthier diets. Just in my first meal I thought about what foods I could eat that would fill me up and be the healthiest. I found myself pickings greens over greasy foods. If I continue to eat this way I'm sure to see a change in my body as I am eating less but much more healthy food.

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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?
Abigail West 10/16/2023 9:32 AM
A best if used by date indicates when a product will be of best flavor or quality. A sell by date tells the store how long to display the product for sale.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

What was the most interesting thing to learn about sustainable aquaculture practices?
Abigail West 10/16/2023 9:28 AM
I found it very interesting that more than half of the world's seafood comes from aquaculture.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Why do people in richer countries eat more meat than people in other places? How does eating more meat affect our bodies, our planet, and other people?
Abigail West 10/16/2023 9:26 AM
People eat more meat in richer countries because the quality is much better and there is more variety of meats to choose from. Meat production affects our planet greatly, contributing to the release of greenhouse gases including carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide.

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