Veronica Kirkham

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Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Learn the Truth About Expiration Dates

Reduced Food Waste

I will spend at least 15 minutes learning how to differentiate between sell by, use by, and best by dates.

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Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Support Local Food Systems

Plant-Rich Diets

I will source 5% percent of my food from local producers each day. This could include signing up for a local CSA, buying from a farmer's market, visiting a food co-op, foraging with a local group, or growing my own ingredients.

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Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Smaller Portions

Reduced Food Waste

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

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Industry

Using Real Dishes

Reduce to ZERO using paper plates/dishes/cups for meals and only using reusable to go containers for drinks.

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Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Keep Track of Wasted Food

Reduced Food Waste

I will keep a daily log of food I throw away during Earth Month Ecochallenge, either because it went bad before I ate it, I put too much on my plate, or it was scraps from food preparation.

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Veronica Kirkham 4/07/2021 9:21 AM
I attended a virtual public meeting last night on a new Bay Park Water Treatment project commencing this spring/summer where I lived. It was extremely informative and I engaged in the public question/answer period to learn the impacts on the project to the wetlands in the surrounding area and express my concerns.

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