Amber Cagle
POINTS TOTAL
- 0 TODAY
- 0 THIS WEEK
- 300 TOTAL
participant impact
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UP TO54plastic strawsnot sent to the landfill
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UP TO18whole food mealsconsumed
Amber's actions
Waste
Use Reusable Bags
I will not accept any disposable bags when making purchases.
Food
Choose Organic Ingredients
I will enjoy 2 meal(s) cooked with organic ingredients each day.
Waste
Skip the Straw
Plastic bags and small plastic pieces like straws are most likely to get swept into our waterways. I will keep 3 plastic straw(s) out of the landfill and ocean each day by refusing straws or using my own glass/metal straw.
Food
Whole Foods Diet
I will enjoy 1 meal(s) each day free of processed foods.
Food
Weekly Meal Planning
I will reduce food waste and save money by planning a weekly menu, only buying the ingredients I need.
Participant Feed
Reflection, encouragement, and relationship building are all important aspects of getting a new habit to stick.
Share thoughts, encourage others, and reinforce positive new habits on the Feed.
To get started, share “your why.” Why did you join the challenge and choose the actions you did?
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Amber Cagle 10/17/2018 11:36 AMI feel like I should be winning, but Im not! Ill do more. -
REFLECTION QUESTIONFood Weekly Meal PlanningAn 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. Does this surprise you? Where would you rather use this money?
Amber Cagle 10/16/2018 10:33 AMI have recently started making list and weekly menus to reduce our food wast, but we still throw out a lot of food. -
REFLECTION QUESTIONFood Whole Foods DietMichael Pollan states that "it is better to pay the grocer (our edit: or the farmer!) than the doctor." What are your thoughts on this?
Amber Cagle 10/16/2018 10:33 AMYes, I have used food as medicine to help with my autoimmune disease and it has gotten me entirely off of Prescription medicines. -
REFLECTION QUESTIONFood Choose Organic IngredientsCan organic farming feed the world? Which side of the argument do you fall on? Why?
Amber Cagle 10/16/2018 10:32 AMNo I don't believe It can as it produces 19-26% less of a crop than non Organic Farming. However it also uses less water, so if we could somehow ensure larger crops, we may be able to.