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Welcome to Save The Food San Diego Ecochallenge!

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Save the Food San Diego
Save The Food San Diego Ecochallenge
October 1, 2019 - December 31, 2020

Sandy Shamblin

Team SDG&E

"Mission: Zero!"

Points Total

  • 0 Today
  • 0 This Week
  • 1,286 Total

Participant Impact

  • up to
    1
    advocacy actions
    completed
  • up to
    33
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved
  • up to
    1
    documentaries
    watched
  • up to
    4
    food items
    properly stored
  • up to
    4
    pounds
    food waste recorded
  • up to
    15
    pounds
    food waste prevented
  • up to
    60
    minutes
    spent learning
  • up to
    789
    gallons of water
    have been saved
  • up to
    84
    zero-waste meals
    consumed
  • up to
    84
    zero waste recipes
    cooked

Challenges

Planning

Portion Planning

Use a portion size guide to ensure appropriate portions when cooking. I will cook 3 portion-appropriate meals.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY CHALLENGES

Food Waste Tracking

Food Waste Tracking

Ready. Set. Record!

For each day during the food waste tracking week, record your food waste. This action accepts one entry per day, so be sure to enter one total for food waste across all of your meals, or weigh all of your food waste once at the end of each day. Please use ounces for unit of measurement.

COMPLETED 102
DAILY CHALLENGES

Community

Let's Get Social

I will share a Save The Food social media post.

Completed
One-Time Challenge

Planning

Befriend the Freezer

The freezer is your friend! Store any leftover food in the freezer for a quick weekday meal or freeze fruits that are getting ripe to use for a delicious smoothie later. I will freeze 3 food item(s).

Completed
One-Time Challenge

Food Systems

Watch a Documentary about Food Sovereignty

I will watch 1 documentary(ies) about food sovereignty: the right of local peoples to control their own food systems including markets, ecological resources, food cultures and production methods.

Completed
One-Time Challenge

Storage

Asparagus/Celery

Trim the ends of asparagus and place them in a jar or glass with 1-2 inches of water, just like fresh cut flowers. Keep them in the refrigerator. I will properly store 1 bunches of asparagus/celery.

Completed
One-Time Challenge

Feed

  • Sandy Shamblin 2/05/2020 1:22 PM
    Hey everybody! San Diego Green Drinks' monthly meeting is on food waste this month! "Join San Diego Green Drinks on Thursday, February 20th at 6:00pm at EVE Encinitas (575 S Coast Hwy 101) as we discuss innovative ways that local organizations divert, repurpose, and allocate wasted food to close the food waste loop."  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/food-waste-and-recovery-creating-value-out-of-wasted-food-tickets-92974658707?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
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  • Sandy Shamblin 1/30/2020 8:54 AM
    I used up my produce before leaving on vacation. Imagine my surprise when I came home and didn't have food! I'm excited to start my fridge out fresh. I think I'll move my vegetables to the front of the middle shelf so I can see them and grab them for snacking.
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  • Sandy Shamblin 11/11/2019 6:59 AM
    Article of the morning- a look at indoor vertical farming:
    https://www.greenbiz.com/article/vertical-farming-industry-growing-deeper-roots
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  • Sandy Shamblin 10/17/2019 7:36 AM
    I got an email about the "Wasted Celebration" this weekend. It features local and national chefs/mixologists making food and drinks from ingredients that would typically be thrown out of their kitchens. Tickets are expensive but it sounds like such a great idea!
    https://www.wastedcelebration.com/
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  • Sandy Shamblin 10/01/2019 7:04 PM
    Woo hoo! Day one is a success! Zero waste!
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