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Sherilyn Young

Ramsey/Washington Recycling & Energy

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 101 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    0.5
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    0.3
    pounds
    food waste prevented

Sherilyn's actions

Planning

Track My Wasted Food

I will track the food that my household of 1 throws out so I can learn what we're wasting and why.

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DAILY ACTION

Community

Watch a Documentary About Food

I will watch 1 videos or documentaries to learn about the scope and scale of food waste in this country.

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ONE-TIME ACTION

Community

Glean and prepare, distribute or compost fruit from pear tree

My neighbor's pear tree is prolific this year and they don't know what to do with them. I'm in contact for people who like to use gleaned food, so I can distribute the pears among several folks and they can be eaten. Otherwise the entire lot would be taken to a yard waste site.

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Participant Feed


  • Sherilyn Young's avatar
    Sherilyn Young 8/09/2025 10:06 AM
    The first harvest of pears was mostly what had fallen on the ground. Two 6-gallon food scraps bags of pears were composted, and I brought the rest to share at work. One person took a few pieces and the rest are still in my refrigerator for processing at home.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Planning
    What did you find you are tossing the most? How can you change your habits to avoid wasting this food?

    Sherilyn Young's avatar
    Sherilyn Young 8/09/2025 10:02 AM
    Fresh vegetables. I have intention to use them in the next couple of days. If I don't do it right away, I don't have time to process them for eating later. Ex: beets and long beans

    • Jenny Kedward's avatar
      Jenny Kedward 8/11/2025 8:59 AM
      There's nothing wrong with buying frozen or canned, too! They are picked at peak freshness and preserved for your enjoyment. I tend to like frozen better because it locks in the color more.

    • Emily Pollack's avatar
      Emily Pollack 8/10/2025 1:27 PM
      My "plans" are always bigger than my free timeslots ;)