In the first two weeks, the work that I have done mainly focused on my own food waste. During the first week, I made sure that I was conscious everytime that I got food or went shopping for food. This week I took a pledge to decrease my food waste and to encourage those around me to decrease their food waste too. In the remaining two weeks I need to begin to focus more on the food waste around me than the food waste that I generate. I still want to continue to be conscious of my own personal food habits. Over the last few weeks, I learned that sometimes food waste is unavoidable and that the goal of my plan should be to drastically decrease the amount of food waste. Food waste is only a problem in the United States because of the amount that gets wasted. Also what is done with the food after it is thrown out is a problem on its own.
There are many challenges that will come up in the next two weeks. One challenge that I foresee is the amount of time that will be required in order to complete the rest of my plan. As the semester comes to an end, the amount of work that I have to do will increase as the amount of work I have to do for the plan increases. I will have to find a way to effectively continue with the plan. Another challenge I foresee happening is how to decide which facts to put on the poster that I will eventually hang up. Lastly, another challenge is that even once I hang up the posters it is not guaranteed that people will read the poster let alone listen to or care about what the poster says