Footprint Challenge

As part of the footprint challenge I decided to reduce my footprint by attempting eat and drink more locally sourced and produced food and beverages. The steps I took were eating less fast food, utilizing locally sourced ingredients, and for beverages I stopped drinking imported and commercial domestic beers and instead drank beer from Fort Myers Brewing. This experience was eye opening to me because all in all everything tasted better compared to what I was eating and drinking before. In terms of locally sourced ingredients my favorite meal was ribs made with a locally made rub and coleslaw made from locally sourced vegetables. It tasted great and it also tasted much fresher compared to prepackaged coleslaw. In terms of the beer that was the biggest difference. Fort Myers Brewing has some fantastic beers such as High 5 and Gateway Gold. These beers packed so much more flavor than commercial domestic and imports and I also felt great contributing to the growing beer industry in Fort Myers. In retrospect, I think I will continue with these changes as much as I can going forward to help reduce my footprint while also being able to enjoy better tasting food and drinks.