Jessica Soine

Fantastic No Plastics

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participant impact

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20

meatless or vegan meals

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10

locally sourced meals

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30

zero-waste meals

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Jessica's actions

Food

Keep Track of Wasted Food

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.

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Food

Zero-waste Cooking

Reduced Food Waste

I will cook 3 meal(s) with zero-waste each day

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Food

Support Local Food Systems

Plant-Rich Diets

I will source 1 percent of my food from local producers each day. This could include signing up for a local CSA, buying from a farmer's market, visiting a food co-op, foraging with a local group, or growing my own ingredients.

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Food

Smaller Portions

Reduced Food Waste

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

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Food

Reduce Animal Products

Plant-Rich Diets

I will enjoy 2 meatless or vegan meal(s) each day of the challenge.

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Participant Feed

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To get started, share “your why.” Why did you join the challenge and choose the actions you did?

REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Keep Track of Wasted Food

An average American throws out about 240 lbs of food per year. The average family of four spends $1,500 a year on food that they throw out. Where would you rather use this money?

Jessica Soine 1/31/2020 8:42 PM

I know our family does not throw this out, but there are a million places to spend 1500$. Like new snow tires, braces, home equity loan, sneakers for the kids, the list is endless.. really. More importantly, Enjoying something together as a family! or gathering with friends! A special trip, connecting with people you love!

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Smaller Portions

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?

Jessica Soine 1/31/2020 8:38 PM

The obvious aspect of health. The leaner we are the less impactful it is on our skeletal structure as well as our internal organs. It is harder for our organs to perform their normal internal functions when loaded with extra adipose tissue. We as a nation have been increasingly become morbidly obese, which has a huge impact on our physical status, inclusive of diabetes, thyroid issues, autoimmunities and a host of gut related health issues. Also the less we eat the more $ we save!

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Zero-waste Cooking

In North America, up to 65% of food waste happens at the consumer level. Chef Steven Satterfield advocates for utilizing every part of a vegetable. How can you incorporate using an entire vegetable, including the skins, tops, and stalks during your next meal prep?

Jessica Soine 1/31/2020 8:32 PM

The skins, tops and stalks can be used in a variety of ways. Root vegetable stalks and greens can be used for soup stalk or smoothies. There is always the purpose of composting or what we do is give our chickens any remainders of our organic produce for sumptuous healthy eggs!

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Reduce Animal Products

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?

Jessica Soine 1/31/2020 8:27 PM

Eating more meat has devastating effects on our planet via the methane which leaches into the earth. Also, when animals are raised inhumanely the steroids, hormones and antibiotics injected to prevent infections and increase weight at higher rates this can act as hormone disrupters as well as making our own bodies immune to different strains of antibiotics. The more meat consumed the more people are putting their land to crops to feed the animals instead of the people.

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