Ben Johnson

The challenge I chose was to try and eat at least one meat free meal a day. So far it's been going good but the choices at whitney for vegetarian options are slim and salads sometimes aren't enough to fill you up every time. The point of this challenge is to reduce animal products. This is eco-friendly because in large creating an animal food source can leave a huge carbon footprint on this planet. Between the C02 emissions and use of oil in making pesticides, fertilizers, producing food source like corn, and transportation, they all are detrimental to the environment. Iv'e begun to realize how much meat I use to eat daily and even the people around me. If everyone could lower their meat diet just a little bit I think that it could really help the environment. I've also noticed that lots of people will just throw away their food, and it's frustrating to see food disposed like that after so much energy was used in producing it and getting it on your plate.