Wendy Crawford

Slow Food

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
360 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

6.0

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
UP TO

45

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

6.0

whole food meals

consumed
UP TO

7.0

zero-waste meals

consumed

Wendy's actions

Health

Audit Toxic Cleaning Products in my Home

I will spend 15 minutes researching toxic chemicals found in cleaning supplies and personal care products and remove them from my home.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Simplicity

Needs Vs. Wants

I will adopt a "Needs Vs. Wants" approach and only buy things I need.

COMPLETED 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Zero-Waste Cooking

I will cook 1 meal(s) with zero-waste each day

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Meet My Local Farmers

I will visit my nearest farm to find out who produces my food, and will learn about the quality of life of those who produce my food in other regions of the world to make better choices when I shop.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Whole Foods Diet

I will enjoy 2 meal(s) each day free of processed foods.

COMPLETED 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Reduce Animal Products

I will enjoy 3 meatless meal(s) and/or 0 vegan meal(s) each day this week.

COMPLETED 2
DAILY ACTIONS

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?

REFLECTION QUESTION
Health Audit Toxic Cleaning Products in my Home

To what extent do you believe that environmental factors contribute to your own health or issues with health?

Wendy Crawford 10/22/2018 12:45 PM

I think environmental and food factors contribute immensely towards personal health. I recently joined up with a health and wellness company and they did a study that said using "normal" mainstream household cleaners is as dangerous as smoking a pack of cigarettes a day - I made the switch to all natural cleaners with this company and am very happy!!

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Wendy Crawford 10/03/2018 8:22 AM

I am excited to learn and see what others do and learn from this challenge - it's all about raising awareness!

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Meet My Local Farmers

When you know who produces your food, you are connecting personally to your complex regional food system. What are the advantages of knowing who produces your food and where it comes from? Do you think this might enable someone to advocate for a better quality of life for those who produce their food, both near and far?

Wendy Crawford 10/03/2018 8:22 AM

I am thrilled even our big chain grocery store carries locally grown produce most of the year. I am also thankful to have a nice Pay what you can afford farm stand just a few miles down the road from me. I think they do a fantastic job at making locally grown produce available to anyone that wants it, regardless of whether or not you can afford it or not.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Reduce Animal Products

What do you think contributes to people in North America eating more meat than in other places, and what does this say about North American values and ways of living? How do we start shifting a meat-focused food culture?

Wendy Crawford 10/03/2018 8:19 AM

People will not change unless they want to change and it is important to them, unfortunately, even the AHA does not promote "Healthy" eating plans, I don't have a good answer for this other than just continuing to raise awareness, but in the meantime americans keep getting fatter and fatter and more unhealthy :(

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Whole Foods Diet

Michael Pollan states that "it is better to pay the grocer (our edit: or the farmer!) than the doctor." What are your thoughts on this?

Wendy Crawford 10/03/2018 8:17 AM

YES! Preventative health is not only easier on our pocketbooks, but allows one to have a better quality of life!

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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?

Wendy Crawford 10/03/2018 8:16 AM

You can save all those peelings in a zip loc bag in the freezer, then when you have time and enough, you can cook up for veggie broth - or some things like carrots and potatoes, you don't really need to peel, just scrub up and use the whole thing!

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