I found in my research that eating less meat can contribute to decreasing the affects of deforestation. It was found that the yield of heavy meat eaters increases the impact of deforestation because of the animals such as pigs, horses, and cows, and even goats need places to roam so many end up knocking down trees. So eating less meat, such as eating meatless one day in the week or even eating meat once a week could make a difference positively. 

I learned that using less portions make you waste less food. Made me think of how much food that my friend's waste because they take huge portions. 

Sell by, use by, and best by dates were always something I didn't quite understand and unfortunately never took the time to learn about. Now that I have a better understanding of the three I feel that the amount of food I waste will drastically be reduced.