Lauren Bradford

Asheville High School!

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
140 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

15

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

6.0

meatless or vegan meals

consumed

Lauren's actions

Food

Reduce Animal Products

#4 Plant-Rich Diet

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

COMPLETED 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Smaller Portions

#3 Reduced Food Waste

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

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Learn More about Silvopasture

#9 Silvopasture

I will spend at least 15 minutes watching videos and/or reading about the environmental benefits of silvopasture.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Land Use

Learn about Temperate Forests

#12 Temperate Forests

I will spend at least 25 minutes learning more about the environmental services provided by and the environmental issues affecting temperate forests.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Learn the Truth About Expiration Dates

#3 Reduced Food Waste

I will spend at least 28 minutes learning how to differentiate between sell by, use by, and best by dates.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Participant Feed

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food

Fun fact: Your brain and stomach register feelings of fullness after about 20 minutes of eating. 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 out of this?
Lauren Bradford 4/23/2018 9:58 AM
Some other benefits we might get from eating smaller portions is staying fit and mainting healthy levels in our bodies. If we eat like this for a while we will continue to eat like this and we will get used to it. This will save many resources that may not be available at the rate of how much food we eat today.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food

Had you heard of the term silvopasture" before now? After learning more about it, what do you think is the biggest advantage of silvopasture?
Lauren Bradford 4/23/2018 9:10 AM
No I have no heard of silvopasture before now. I think the biggest advantage of silvopasture is that it gives farmers and other people the chance to eat something natural. They will not be scared of any produced or chemicals in the food.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food

What do you think contributes to people in North America eating more meat than other countries, and what does this say about North American values and ways of living? How do we start shifting a meat-focused food culture?
Lauren Bradford 4/13/2018 10:20 AM
The fact that Americans eat more meat than any other countries proves the fact that we have more animals an animal based products in our country. This says that more Americans can usually more obease. We start shifting a meat-focused food culture because if you realize now at restaurants there more meat products on the menu than meals without meat or animal products.

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