How To Eat Less Water Podcast
Florencia Ramirez
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Are you someone who wants to live more sustainably but don't know how to get started OR you wants more ideas? HOW-TO-EAT-LESS-WATER podcast will give you bite-size action steps in each episode you can implement NOW in your kitchen, the most effective place to grow well-being for people and our planet.
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7 MUST HAVE INGREDIENTS FOR GOOD LIVING (so we can do good in the world)
EPISODE SUMMARY
Have you ever had days that were starting to feel or taste like a soup that was missing a crucial spice? This episode was inspired by my recent feelings of blandness that started to set in. This caused me to do an inventory of the seven ingredients that have come to be my guiding post for living. Upon reflection, it became clear that I was heavy on some and sporadic with others and it was impacting the flavor of my "life's soup."
This is what I know to be true for myself. My ability to bring about positive change through my activism in my own home kitchen and beyond is directly connected to my vitality which is directly related to the presence of the 7 essential ingredients (listed below) in my days.
You may find your list of ingredients is the same or similar to the one below. Or maybe you want to adopt this one as your own. Either way, as activists we need to clarify our essential ingredients so we can feel good to do good.
The 7 Ingredients for Good Living
1. Work with Purpose
2. Meditate
3. Connect with Nature
4. Move Your Body
5. Connect with People
6. Have Fun
7. Cook with Purpose
*Links and resources:
*Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIMENT STORAGE TABLE. It is a printable list of popular condiments that belong in the pantry and those in the refrigerator that can be hung in your kitchen for easy reference.*
**Download* FREE the TEN TIPS to EAT LESS WATER SUMMER PARTY PLANNING GUIDE for all the tips, steps, and info on how to celebrate like a kitchen activist with your friends and family.
*Find* gifts designed to serve well-being at the Eat Less Water Shop.
*Get* a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book
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Mar 22, 2023
8 POWERFUL WAYS TO HONOR WORLD WATER DAY!
EPISODE SUMMARY
March 22 is World Water Day. The holiday, initiated by the United Nations in 1993, serves as a reminder that we must protect and conserve this limited vital resource.
Water scarcity is too real for many people on the globe. Did you know one in three people around the world lacks access to safe water? That’s 2.2 billion people who do not have access to clean water as many of us do. And according to Charity Water, women and girls around the world lose 200 million hours every day walking or water. And it is predicted half the world's population will experience water scarcity, a situation expected to result in the deaths of millions and an unprecedented rise in military conflicts.
The wars of the future will be fought for water, not oil.
We can make a difference drop by drop. In this episode I expand on the following eight action tips:
1. Eat Food in Season
2. Reduce Food Waste
3. Don't Pollute Water
4. Support Organic Agriculture
5. Take Part in Beach and Waterway Clean-Ups
6. Collect Rainwater
7. Collect and Reuse Water From your Kitchen Sink and Shower
8. Share Your Story
Thank you for joining me in this movement to save water and grow well-being for this planet we have the privilege to call home. Reach out to me at info@eatlesswater.com with any questions, or comments, or to let me know the work you are up to. Your emails go directly to my inbox.
Be resplendent,
Florencia
*Links and resources:
*Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIMENT STORAGE TABLE. It is a printable list of popular condiments that belong in the pantry and those in the refrigerator that can be hung in your kitchen for easy reference.*
**Download* FREE the TEN TIPS to EAT LESS WATER SUMMER PARTY PLANNING GUIDE for all the tips, steps, and info on how to celebrate like a kitchen activist with your friends and family.
*Find* gifts designed to serve well-being at the Eat Less Water Shop.
*Get* a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book
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Mar 15, 2023
Compost Tea Party Invite for World Water Day!
You are invited to join me at this year's compost tea party! Send me an email at info@eatlesswater.com if you want to join or would like info on how to throw your own tea party. Below is the Press Release for the event:
*RIO DEL NORTE TO HOST “COMPOST TEA PARTY” TO SAVE WATER ON WORLD WATER DAY *
*More than 500 students and community volunteers will come together MARCH 22, 2023 to learn how to create pesticide-free landscapes that sequester carbon and save water and will be treated to a special pesticide-free lunch.*
*Oxnard, CA. — In response to global warming and the mega-drought gripping most of the Southwest, Rio Del Norte School students will participate in a school-wide “compost tea party” on Wednesday, March 22, World Water Day, to shower their school grounds with an all-natural soil-enriching brew. Community experts and volunteers will guide 500 pre-kindergarten to 5th-grade students to douse the school’s landscape, gardens, orchard, and play areas with the “tea” in order to build pesticide-free, nutrient-rich soil that will better sequester carbon from the air and save water. Students will also participate in 19 nature-based climate solution workshops led by experts from within the community. We will also have the River Song Band performing some of their smash hits led by Dr. John Puglisi, Rio School District’s Superintendent. *
*“The goal of the compost tea party is to engage the community to eliminate petroleum-based fertilizers and glyphosate pesticides, which the World Health Organization concluded in 2015 probably cause cancer in humans,” said Florencia Ramirez, Oxnard author of the book **Eat Less Water, podcaster **and director of the Pesticide Free Soil Project, a youth-led organization. “Playgrounds, parks, and gardens are part of the solution to save water on this planet because healthy soil that is untreated with chemicals can hold water up to 1,000 times more than treated soil. The compost tea party is an event to empower young people who want to turn their hope for a healthy environment into action. ”*
*In addition to preparing the compost tea and applying it to the school’s landscape and garden, students will learn about soil science from David White, PhD., Executive Director of the Center for Regenerative Agriculture in Ojai, beneficial bugs from Ron Whitehurst, owner of the world-renowned Rincon-Vitova Insectaries in Ventura, and other topics related to soil, organic food, compost, and decomposition from seventeen additional workshop leaders across the county from Ventura County Farm to School, Rio School District’s Farm to School, Oxnard Union High School District’s Farm to School, Master Gardeners, Oxnard High School Culinary Arts, Once Upon a Watershed, etc. *
*The Oxnard High School Food Service & Hospitality students, led by teacher Ms. Debra Gallagher, are looking forward to working with the younger students. “Teaching kids how to prepare healthy snacks using garden vegetables while conserving water will be a fun challenge,” says student chef Harley Louis, junior. “When we run the blender bike workshop for the students we will be teaching them about alternative forms of energy and how to make a healthy drink at the same time,” says Elisa Barragan, senior Food Service student. This will be the second time the Food Service students have volunteered for the Compost Tea Party. Alumni and current college tutor for the program, Ms. Paula Perez, remembers her experience at the Compost Tea Party as “ exciting to be able to teach the students and see how well they retained what they were learning.”*
*Students, staff, and volunteers will eat lunch made with locally-sourced ingredients planned and prepared by Rio School District’s Child Nutrition Services. *
*The event is made possible with financial support from CALEPA to The Encampment.&nb*
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Mar 8, 2023
WATER FOOTPRINTS, THE TRUE COST OF FOOD, HOW TO MAKE SUSTAINABLE FOOD MORE ACCESSIBLE AND MORE
EPISODE SUMMARY
On this episode, I'm joined by Beatriz Barnes, a sophomore in high school, and journalist on her school paper. After Bea reached out to me with a series of thoughtful questions for her school paper for an article she wrote on EAT LESS WATER and regenerative agriculture, I invited her to the podcast to ask me the questions.
I think you will be as impressed by Bea and her questions as I was.
Thank you for joining me in this movement to save water and grow well-being for this planet we have the privilege to call home. Reach out to me at info@eatlesswater.com with any questions, or comments, or to let me know the work you are up to. Your emails go directly to my inbox.
Be resplendent,
Florencia
*Links and resources:
*Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIMENT STORAGE TABLE. It is a printable list of popular condiments that belong in the pantry and those in the refrigerator that can be hung in your kitchen for easy reference.*
**Download* FREE the TEN TIPS to EAT LESS WATER SUMMER PARTY PLANNING GUIDE for all the tips, steps, and info on how to celebrate like a kitchen activist with your friends and family.
*Find* gifts designed to serve well-being at the Eat Less Water Shop.
*Get* a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book
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Mar 1, 2023
THREE REASONS ORGANIC IS WORTH THE MONEY
EPISODE SUMMARY
Organic food is more expensive than its conventional counterpart most of the time. This especially the case for animal proteins like eggs, dairy, and meat. But it is it worth the extra $$? What are we really paying for when we reach for a third party certified organic labeled food like USDA Organic? And how can we know it is organic?
I answer these questions plus explain some of the following basics around organic guidelines:
* What does the organic certification mean?
* When is the third party organic certification important?
* Is BUY LOCAL the same as organic?
* Is the Organic Certified label needed at the farmers' market?
By the end of the episode you will have at least three reasons to support organic agriculture at the farmers' market and your neighborhood grocery store.
Thank you for joining me in this movement to save water and grow well-being for this planet we have the privilege to call home. Reach out to me at info@eatlesswater.com with any question, comments, or to let me know the work you are up to. Your emails go direct to me inbox.
Be resplendent,
Florencia
*Links and resources:
*Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIMENT STORAGE TABLE. It is a printable list of popular condiments that belong in the pantry and those in the refrigerator that can be hung in your kitchen for easy reference.*
**Download* FREE the TEN TIPS to EAT LESS WATER SUMMER PARTY PLANNING GUIDE for all the tips, steps, and info on how to celebrate like a kitchen activist with your friends and family.
*Find* gifts designed to serve well-being at the Eat Less Water Shop.
*Get* a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book
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Feb 22, 2023
FOOD AS MEDICINE-CONVERSATION WITH DR. GEETA MAKER CLARK
EPISODE SUMMARY
I love this episode. You will find so much inspiration embedded in these 30 minutes of conversation with Integrative Medicine Specialist, Dr. Geeta Maker Clark. After my conversation with this incredible human, a new idea emerged, inspired by her FOOD As POWER course she teaches with her medical students to middle schoolers in South Chicago.
I have a feeling that I am not the only one who will walk away from this episode feeling new energy to do the work I'm designed to do just like Geeta.
You can learn more about Dr. Geeta maker Clark here.
*Links and resources:
*Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIMENT STORAGE TABLE. It is a printable list of popular condiments that belong in the pantry and those in the refrigerator that can be hung in your kitchen for easy reference.*
**Download* FREE the TEN TIPS to EAT LESS WATER SUMMER PARTY PLANNING GUIDE for all the tips, steps, and info on how to celebrate like a kitchen activist with your friends and family.
*Find* gifts designed to serve well-being at the Eat Less Water Shop.
*Get* a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book
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Feb 15, 2023
ARE APPETIZERS WORTH THE TIME, MONEY, AND WATER FOOTPRINT?
*Links and resources:
*Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIMENT STORAGE TABLE. It is a printable list of popular condiments that belong in the pantry and those in the refrigerator that can be hung in your kitchen for easy reference.*
**Download* FREE the TEN TIPS to EAT LESS WATER SUMMER PARTY PLANNING GUIDE for all the tips, steps, and info on how to celebrate like a kitchen activist with your friends and family.
*Find* gifts designed to serve well-being at the Eat Less Water Shop.
*Get* a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book
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Feb 8, 2023
REFRIGERATOR ORGANIZATION WORTHY OF THE HEART OF THE HOME
EPISODE SUMMARY
The kitchen is the heart of every home regardless of size or design. Think back to gatherings you've either hosted or attended, doesn't the party always migrate to the kitchen? The reason is that the kitchen is the heart of the home. It is the place we go to be nourished. But is our kitchen reflecting the type of heart we want to spread to the world?
Consider these facts:
* The home kitchen is the largest producer of food waste at 43%. This is more than restaurants (40%), farms (12%), and food manufacturers (2%).
* Each home refrigerator generates 100 pounds of food waste each year.
* 27% of homes have more than one kitchen, doubling if not tripling the amount of food waste generated.
In this episode, I talk about why refrigerator organization is essential if we are to cut down our kitchen food waste. I offer a couple of action tips or guiding principles that work for me (after many failed attempts and refrigerator organization) to help you streamline your refrigerator starting now.
I describe the following refrigerator ad in the podcast that set us on the path of food waste.
*Links and resources:
*Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIMENT STORAGE TABLE. It is a printable list of popular condiments that belong in the pantry and those in the refrigerator that can be hung in your kitchen for easy reference.*
**Download* FREE the TEN TIPS to EAT LESS WATER SUMMER PARTY PLANNING GUIDE for all the tips, steps, and info on how to celebrate like a kitchen activist with your friends and family.
*Find* gifts designed to serve well-being at the Eat Less Water Shop.
*Get* a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book
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Feb 1, 2023
SUSTAINABILITY ACTION TIPS TO BUY THE BEST VALENTINE'S DAY CHOCOLATE
*EPISODE SUMMARY
* Chocolate is the #1 gift on Valentine's Day, totaling 2.4 billion pounds. When expressed in water, that equals about 448 billion gallons of water. On this episode I cover a lot of ground including:
* the difference between blue and green water and why that matters
* the impact of chocolate on both deforestation and as a driver of reforestation
* and I provide action steps we can take to buy chocolate that protects rainforests starting this Valentine's Day
On this episode I mention the following: Ex-Voto Chocolate, Organic Fair bean-to bar chocolate. I also mention the following article
And if you like this episode and want more on chocolate, revisit a past episode with more info and action tips...because you can never have enough chocolate.
*Links and resources:
*Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIMENT STORAGE TABLE. It is a printable list of popular condiments that belong in the pantry and those in the refrigerator that can be hung in your kitchen for easy reference.*
**Download* FREE the TEN TIPS to EAT LESS WATER SUMMER PARTY PLANNING GUIDE for all the tips, steps, and info on how to celebrate like a kitchen activist with your friends and family.
*Find* gifts designed to serve well-being at the Eat Less Water Shop.
*Get* a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book
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Jan 25, 2023
HOW TO GET READY TO GET READY TO LIVE SUSTAINABLY
*Links and resources:
*Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIMENT STORAGE TABLE. It is a printable list of popular condiments that belong in the pantry and those in the refrigerator that can be hung in your kitchen for easy reference.*
**Download* FREE the TEN TIPS to EAT LESS WATER SUMMER PARTY PLANNING GUIDE for all the tips, steps, and info on how to celebrate like a kitchen activist with your friends and family.
*Find* gifts designed to serve well-being at the Eat Less Water Shop.
*Get* a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book
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Jan 18, 2023
GET YOUR FOOD TALKING
*Links and resources:
*Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIMENT STORAGE TABLE. It is a printable list of popular condiments that belong in the pantry and those in the refrigerator that can be hung in your kitchen for easy reference.*
**Download* FREE the TEN TIPS to EAT LESS WATER SUMMER PARTY PLANNING GUIDE for all the tips, steps, and info on how to celebrate like a kitchen activist with your friends and family.
*Find* gifts designed to serve well-being at the Eat Less Water Shop.
*Get* a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book
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Jan 11, 2023
WHY MEAL PLANNING IS THE FOUNDATION FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING
*Episode Summary*
Reach out to me at info@eatlesswater.com if you'd like me to send you the meal planning template I use to plan my dinners.
*Links and resources:
*Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIMENT STORAGE TABLE. It is a printable list of popular condiments that belong in the pantry and those in the refrigerator that can be hung in your kitchen for easy reference.*
**Download* FREE the TEN TIPS to EAT LESS WATER SUMMER PARTY PLANNING GUIDE for all the tips, steps, and info on how to celebrate like a kitchen activist with your friends and family.
*Find* gifts designed to serve well-being at the Eat Less Water Shop.
*Get* a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book
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Jan 6, 2023
LET 2023 BE THE YEAR YOU GROW WELL-BEING FOR YOU AND THE PLANET -INTERVIEW WITH EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE EXPERT, MICHELE NEVAREZ
*Episode Summary:
*Let this be the year you grow well-being for yourself and the planet. But having the desire to do something, even a heart desire doesn't always lead to sustained action. What are the things holding us back from doing the things that are important to us? And what methods can we utilize to help us stay on track with our goals, resolutions, heats desires in 2023 and beyond? These are some of the questions I pose to Michele Nevarez, an expert on human behavior and author of BEYOND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE. This episode provides us the action steps needed to clear the path of excuses so we WILL grow-wellbeing together!
Learn how you can stay connected with Michele Nevarez at www.beyondei.inc and find out how you can join the life-changing Emotional Intelligence Certification NOW ENROLLING.
Get a copy of Michele's book, BEYOND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE.
*Links and resources:
*Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIMENT STORAGE TABLE. It is a printable list of pop…
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Dec 28, 2022
What I learned from the 2022 book of the year- Lessons in Chemistry
*Links and resources:
*Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIMENT STORAGE TABLE. It is a printable list of popular condiments that belong in the pantry and those in the refrigerator that can be hung in your kitchen for easy reference.*
**Download* FREE the TEN TIPS to EAT LESS WATER SUMMER PARTY PLANNING GUIDE for all the tips, steps, and info on how to celebrate like a kitchen activist with your friends and family.
*Find* gifts designed to serve well-being at the Eat Less Water Shop.
*Get* a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book
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Dec 21, 2022
LET'S TALK BUTTER
Summary Episode:
The water footprint of butter is 3602 gallons of fresh water. In this season that requires a tremendous amount of butter, there is a simple and clear action step to make a difference in our food choices--organic butter.
*Links and resources:
*Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIMENT STORAGE TABLE. It is a printable list of popular condiments that belong in the pantry and those in the refrigerator that can be hung in your kitchen for easy reference.*
**Download* FREE the TEN TIPS to EAT LESS WATER SUMMER PARTY PLANNING GUIDE for all the tips, steps, and info on how to celebrate like a kitchen activist with your friends and family.
*Find* gifts designed to serve well-being at the Eat Less Water Shop.
*Get* a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book
*Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss out on future episodes released every (water) Wednesday.*
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Dec 14, 2022
GIVE THE GIFT OF WELL-BEING THIS HOLIDAY-INTERVIEW WITH FOUNDER OF PASO PACIFICO, SARAH OTTERSTROM
*EPISODE SUMMARY*
Deck the Halls Sustainably and give the gift of well-being by donating to a non-profit organization doing tremendous work like Paso Pacifico.
Use the link to give any size donation.
https://pasopacifico.org/project/saving-sea-turtles/
*Links and resources:
*Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIMENT STORAGE TABLE. It is a printable list of popular condiments that belong in the pantry and those in the refrigerator that can be hung in your kitchen for easy reference.*
**Download* FREE the TEN TIPS to EAT LESS WATER SUMMER PARTY PLANNING GUIDE for all the tips, steps, and info on how to celebrate like a kitchen activist with your friends and family.
*Find* gifts designed to serve well-being at the Eat Less Water Shop.
*Get* a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book
*Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss out on future episodes released every (water) Wednesday.*
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Dec 7, 2022
The Best Sustainable Holiday Gift Idea with Jennifer Piette, CEO and Founder of Narrative Food
Find unique and sustainable kitchen products in the Eat Less Water Holiday Pop-Up Shop located inside Truth & Love Beauty at the Paseo Nuevo Shopping Center located at 651 Paseo Nuevo in Santa Barbara, California. Or shop online at www.eatlesswater.com. Come join me for shopping, sipping, and celebrating all things good on Sunday, December 11 from 11-4 inside the shop.
*EPISODE SUMMARY*
What is B Corp, Regenerative Food Certification, and Upcycled Food? Let Jennifer Piette, founder, and CEO of LA-Based (soon an island in Maine-based) Narrative Food be your guide into the cutting-edge trends in the food world that are part of the solution of planetary health. And the best part is you can bring these food products that tell good stories to your pantry with a click of a button.
Use this link to shop Narrative Food
*Links and resources:
*Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIMENT STORAGE TABLE. It is a printable list of popular condiments that belong in the pantry and those…
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Nov 30, 2022
DECK THE HALLS SUSTAINABLY
Find unique and sustainable kitchen products in the Eat Less Water Holiday Pop-Up Shop located inside Truth & Love Beauty at the Paseo Nuevo Shopping Center located at 651 Paseo Nuevo in Santa Barbara, California. Or shop online at www.eatlesswater.com. Come join me for shopping, sipping, and celebrating all things good on Sunday, December 11 from 11-4 inside the shop.
*EPISODE SUMMARY*
Artificial tree or real tree? What are the most sustainable holiday decoration ideas and great gift ideas to grow well-being. All this and more you will find in this episode to deck your halls more sustainably.
Here are some links I mention in the episode to find a list of organic tree farms in a handful of states (including the organic farm I mentioned in the show located in Somis, California). And visit LOCAL HARVEST, a tremendous resource for organic farms near you and ones that ship their harvest to your door.
*Links and resources:
*Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIMENT STORAGE…
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Nov 23, 2022
THE FOUR ACTS OF A MEAL THAT FOSTER WELLBEING FOR YOU, THE PLANET, AND THE ONES YOU LOVE
Find unique and sustainable kitchen products in the Eat Less Water Holiday Pop-Up Shop located inside Truth & Love Beauty at the Paseo Nuevo Shopping Center located at 651 Paseo Nuevo in Santa Barbara, California. Or shop online at www.eatlesswater.com.
*Episode Summary:
*In this episode I share how through observing my son Joaquin plan and execute his birthday dinner, I realized that the best meals (defined as meals that grow well-being for you, the planet, and the ones you love) are achieved in four acts:
Act one:
The meal plan
Act two:
Food procurement (shopping for food with care)
Act three:
Cooking
Act four: Setting the stage for the enjoyment and nourishment of the food
This a great podcast to set the stage for a delicious Thanksgiving (and I mean more than the food).*
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*Links and resources:
*Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIMENT STORAGE TABLE. It is a printable list of popular condiments that belong in the pantry and those in the refrigerator that can be hu…
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Nov 16, 2022
7 TIPS TO PREPARE YOUR FREEZER FOR THANKSGIVING LEFTOVERS
Find unique and sustainable kitchen products in the The Eat Less Water Holiday Pop-Up Shop located inside Truth & Love Beauty at the Paseo Nuevo Shopping Center located at 651 Paseo Nuevo in Santa Barbara, California. Or shop on line at www.eatlesswater.com.
Thanksgiving is fast approaching. And right about now is when I’m thinking about the guest list, menu, and shopping list. And while this holiday is my favorite with the focus on gratitude, cooking, and sharing food, *we collectively throw away more food on Thanksgiving than any other day of the year.*
Consider these statistics:
* On Thanksgiving we throw away in the United States, 305 million pounds of food.
* This waste has a carbon footprint of 1.1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide, the same as 169,000 cars driving for a full year.
* The water footprint of the wasted food is 1 billion gallons of water. This wasted water is equivalent to the amount used by everyone in New York City for three and a half months. (sour…
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Nov 9, 2022
10 ACTION STEPS TO STOP FOOD WASTE AT YOUR THANKSGIVING TABLE
Find unique and sustainable kitchen products in the The Eat Less Water Holiday Pop-Up Shop located inside Truth & Love Beauty at the Paseo Nuevo Shopping Center located at 651 Paseo Nuevo in Santa Barbara, California. Or shop on line at www.eatlesswater.com.
Thanksgiving is fast approaching. And right about now is when I’m thinking about the guest list, menu, and shopping list. And while this holiday is my favorite with the focus on gratitude, cooking, and sharing food, *we collectively throw away more food on Thanksgiving than any other day of the year.*
Consider these statistics:
* On Thanksgiving we throw away in the United States, 305 million pounds of food.
* This waste has a carbon footprint of 1.1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide, the same as 169,000 cars driving for a full year.
* The water footprint of the wasted food is 1 billion gallons of water. This wasted water is equivalent to the amount used by everyone in New York City for three and a half months. (sour…
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Nov 2, 2022
ARE YOU MEAL PLANNING YET?
Find unique and sustainable kitchen products in the The Eat Less Water Holiday Pop-Up Shop located inside Truth & Love Beauty at the Paseo Nuevo Shopping Center located at 651 Paseo Nuevo in Santa Barbara, California. Or shop on line at www.eatlesswater.com.
*Links and resources:
*Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIMENT STORAGE TABLE. It is a printable list of popular condiments that belong in the pantry and those in the refrigerator that can be hung in your kitchen for easy reference.*
**Download* FREE the TEN TIPS to EAT LESS WATER SUMMER PARTY PLANNING GUIDE for all the tips, steps, and info on how to celebrate like a kitchen activist with your friends and family.
*Find* gifts designed to serve well-being at the Eat Less Water Shop.
*Get* a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book
*Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss out on future episodes released every (water) Wednesday.*
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Oct 26, 2022
BEE THE CHANGE- AN INTERVIEW WITH KATIE METZGER, OWNER OF HANAI HIVES
*EPISODE SUMMARY:
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Did you know 2,000,000 flower blossoms are tapped by the bees for every one pound of honey.
These and more interesting facts about bees are shared by Katie Metzger, a beekeeper and owner of Hanai Hives in the North Shore of Oahu.
But more importantly in this episode you will learn action steps we can all implement NOW to save bees.
*Links and resources:
*Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIMENT STORAGE TABLE. It is a printable list of popular condiments that belong in the pantry and those in the refrigerator that can be hung in your kitchen for easy reference.*
**Download* FREE the TEN TIPS to EAT LESS WATER SUMMER PARTY PLANNING GUIDE for all the tips, steps, and info on how to celebrate like a kitchen activist with your friends and family.
*Find* gifts designed to serve well-being at the Eat Less Water Shop.
*Get* a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book
*Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss out on future episodes released every (water) W…
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Oct 19, 2022
WHAT HOMEMADE APPLE CIDER CAN TEACH US
*Links and resources:
*Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIMENT STORAGE TABLE. It is a printable list of popular condiments that belong in the pantry and those in the refrigerator that can be hung in your kitchen for easy reference.*
**Download* FREE the TEN TIPS to EAT LESS WATER SUMMER PARTY PLANNING GUIDE for all the tips, steps, and info on how to celebrate like a kitchen activist with your friends and family.
*Find* gifts designed to serve well-being at the Eat Less Water Shop.
*Get* a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book
*Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss out on future episodes released every (water) Wednesday.*
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Oct 17, 2022
WHY NOW IS THE TIME TO REINSTATE THE SUNDAY DINNER
*EPISODE SUMMARY*
I have reinstated the Sunday dinner. What that simply means to me is it's a day when I make dinner more of a production. I think it's really important to have one day of the week set aside to make more elaborate dishes. These are the days that you make those recipes that you say, I'll make it when I have more time. These are the meals you set aside to make those more elaborate meals remembering that what is considered "elaborate" for one home cook is different for another.
So for me, elaborate is the day that we make lasagna or empanadas or homemade pasta.
When we carve out one time a week or month to gather for a special meal, we are building deeper relationships while at the same time growing well-being for the planet.
In this episode, I offer a few ideas to get you started to reinstitute the "Sunday" dinner, regardless of what day of the week or month it falls on.
*Links and resources:
*Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIMENT STORAGE TABLE. It i…
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Oct 12, 2022
WHAT IS THE COLOR OF WATER?
*Links and resources:
*Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIMENT STORAGE TABLE. It is a printable list of popular condiments that belong in the pantry and those in the refrigerator that can be hung in your kitchen for easy reference.*
**Download* FREE the TEN TIPS to EAT LESS WATER SUMMER PARTY PLANNING GUIDE for all the tips, steps, and info on how to celebrate like a kitchen activist with your friends and family.
*Find* gifts designed to serve well-being at the Eat Less Water Shop.
*Get* a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book
*Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss out on future episodes released every Monday and (water) Wednesday.*
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Oct 10, 2022
HOW TO GET YOUR FOOD TALKING
*Links and resources:
*Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIMENT STORAGE TABLE. It is a printable list of popular condiments that belong in the pantry and those in the refrigerator that can be hung in your kitchen for easy reference.*
**Download* FREE the TEN TIPS to EAT LESS WATER SUMMER PARTY PLANNING GUIDE for all the tips, steps, and info on how to celebrate like a kitchen activist with your friends and family.
*Find* gifts designed to serve well-being at the Eat Less Water Shop.
*Get* a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book
*Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss out on future episodes released every Monday and (water) Wednesday.*
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Oct 5, 2022
HOW A COOKING CLASS MAY BE EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED
*Links and resources:
*Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIMENT STORAGE TABLE. It is a printable list of popular condiments that belong in the pantry and those in the refrigerator that can be hung in your kitchen for easy reference.*
**Download* FREE the TEN TIPS to EAT LESS WATER SUMMER PARTY PLANNING GUIDE for all the tips, steps, and info on how to celebrate like a kitchen activist with your friends and family.
*Find* gifts designed to serve well-being at the Eat Less Water Shop.
*Get* a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book
*Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss out on future episodes released every Monday and (water) Wednesday.*
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Oct 3, 2022
HOW SEEKING FARM TO TABLE RESTAURANTS LEADS TO REWARDS
*Episode Summary:
*In this episode I mention the following Farm to Table establishments I found with a simple internet search on my phone. These little slices of well-being can be found near or far from home. But when we find them, the rewards are felt in experience and flavor.
Vinni Vanni Liquor, Lucca, Italy
Torre Aurora, Monterosso al Mare, Italy
*Links and resources:
*Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIMENT STORAGE TABLE. It is a printable list of popular condiments that belong in the pantry and those in the refrigerator that can be hung in your kitchen for easy reference.*
**Download* FREE the TEN TIPS to EAT LESS WATER SUMMER PARTY PLANNING GUIDE for all the tips, steps, and info on how to celebrate like a kitchen activist with your friends and family.
*Find* gifts designed to serve well-being at the Eat Less Water Shop.
*Get* a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book
*Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss out on future episodes released every Monday and (…
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Sep 28, 2022
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
*Links and resources:
*Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIMENT STORAGE TABLE. It is a printable list of popular condiments that belong in the pantry and those in the refrigerator that can be hung in your kitchen for easy reference.*
**Download* FREE the TEN TIPS to EAT LESS WATER SUMMER PARTY PLANNING GUIDE for all the tips, steps, and info on how to celebrate like a kitchen activist with your friends and family.
*Find* gifts designed to serve well-being at the Eat Less Water Shop.
*Get* a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book
*Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss out on future episodes released every Monday and (water) Wednesday.*
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Sep 26, 2022
WHY YOU SHOULD IGNORE DATE STAMPS ON FOOD
Find unique and sustainable kitchen products in the The Eat Less Water Holiday Pop-Up Shop located inside Truth & Love Beauty at the Paseo Nuevo Shopping Center located at 651 Paseo Nuevo in Santa Barbara, California. Or shop on line at www.eatlesswater.com.
*Links and resources:
*Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIMENT STORAGE TABLE. It is a printable list of popular condiments that belong in the pantry and those in the refrigerator that can be hung in your kitchen for easy reference.*
**Download* FREE the TEN TIPS to EAT LESS WATER SUMMER PARTY PLANNING GUIDE for all the tips, steps, and info on how to celebrate like a kitchen activist with your friends and family.
*Find* gifts designed to serve well-being at the Eat Less Water Shop.
*Get* a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book
*Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss out on future episodes released every (water) Wednesday.*
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Sep 21, 2022
SIMPLE STEPS TO COOK MORE FOOD AT HOME
*Links and resources:
*Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIMENT STORAGE TABLE. It is a printable list of popular condiments that belong in the pantry and those in the refrigerator that can be hung in your kitchen for easy reference.*
**Download* FREE the TEN TIPS to EAT LESS WATER SUMMER PARTY PLANNING GUIDE for all the tips, steps, and info on how to celebrate like a kitchen activist with your friends and family.
*Find* gifts designed to serve well-being at the Eat Less Water Shop.
*Get* a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book
*Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss out on future episodes released every Monday and (water) Wednesday.*
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Sep 19, 2022
IDEAS TO BE PLASTIC-FREE BEYOND THE KITCHEN
*Episode Summary:
*My recycle bin has less plastic this week and more paper, glass, and aluminum, all materials with much higher recycling rates. My behavior changes around single-use plastic is in direct correlation with my conversation with Kathi King, Director of Climate Education and Leadership at the Community Environmental Council.
In this week’s episode, Kathi and I add to the conversation we started in last week's episode on plastic in the kitchen. This episode adds more actionable tips to reduce our single-use plastic waste in the bathroom and laundry room.
During the conversation, she offers suggestions of companies who work to provide alternative packaging solutions were offered like Blueland, Plain Products, and SF Sustainable.
I mentioned the companies I use to reduce my plastic, What the Crap for toilet paper (use the link for $10 off), and Grove Collaborative (use the link for a free gift).
*Links and resources:
*Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIM…
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Sep 14, 2022
WHY WE NEED TO BRING KIDS INTO THE KITCHEN
In this episode, I argue that kids should play with knives…to chop, dice, and slice in the kitchen. Food education begins at an early age if we are to foster a new generation of home cooks. In the cover art for this episode is daughter Estrella several years ago. She is now 15 and still plays with knives.
When we teach the kids in our lives to cook, we empower them to be the solution and grow well-being for themselves and the planet, plus sometimes they cook for us too!
Cooks are not born. They are made.
*Links and resources:
*Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIMENT STORAGE TABLE. It is a printable list of popular condiments that belong in the pantry and those in the refrigerator that can be hung in your kitchen for easy reference.*
**Download* FREE the TEN TIPS to EAT LESS WATER SUMMER PARTY PLANNING GUIDE for all the tips, steps, and info on how to celebrate like a kitchen activist with your friends and family.
*Find* gifts designed to serve well-being at the E…
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Sep 12, 2022
Action Tips to Reduce Single-Use Plastic in the Kitchen: Interview with Kathi King
*Episode Summary:*
Did you know
* The average person's plastic use adds up to about 27,000 gallons of water a year.
* And on 9% (last year it dropped down to 5%) of plastic that makes it to the recycle bin ever really gets recycled.
* About 40% of all the plastic that's being produced now is single-use and gets disposed of within about 12 minutes.
* 8 million tons of plastic end up in the ocean every year.
In this episode, I’m joined by Kathy King, Director of Climate Education and Leadership at the Community Environmental Council in Santa Barbara, California. She shares simple and doable tips to reduce our plastic starting today when we shop for food.
*Links and resources:
*Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIMENT STORAGE TABLE. It is a printable list of popular condiments that belong in the pantry and those in the refrigerator that can be hung in your kitchen for easy reference.*
**Download* FREE the TEN TIPS to EAT LESS WATER SUMMER PARTY PLANNING GUIDE…
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Sep 7, 2022
Celebrating the Contributions of Farm Workers this Hispanic Heritage Month-Interview with my father
*Episode Summary*
September marks the beginning of Hispanic, LatinX Heritage Month. Each year Americans observe this time from September 15th to October 15th, to celebrate the histories, cultures, and contributions of Americans whose ancestry comes from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America.
In this podcast episode, I celebrate the contributions of farm workers as 83% of farm workers in the United States are Latino. In California, where I was born and raised, the percentage is much higher. 92%.
I am so proud to have the endorsement of Dolores Huerta, the co-founder of the United Farmworkers union with Cesar Chavez printed on the cover of my book, Eat Less Water. She dedicated decades of her life to fighting for basic protections for farm workers.
But there's still much more work to do. The food we choose has the power to contribute, to clean and abundant water systems around the world. So much of the way food is grown and cultivated around this nation and the w…
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Sep 5, 2022
STOP CROWDING THE FOOD IN YOUR FRIDGE WITH CONDIMENTS
Is your refrigerator bursting to the brim with sauces and condiments, crowding out your other food? What if I told you at least half of them don't belong in your refrigerator?
The refrigerator is the best place to minimize food waste, as 43% of all food loss happens in home kitchens. The best way to free-up space in the fridge is with this handy guide on what really needs to go in the fridge for condiments and sauces.
By the end of the episode, you will have all the info you need to; 1) decide which condiments can be moved from your refrigerator to the pantry, and 2) have what you need to know how to discern based on PH level and Water Activity value which condiments can be stored in the pantry after opening.
Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIMENT STORAGE TABLE. It is a printable list of popular condiments that belong in the pantry and those in the refrigerator that can be hung in your kitchen for easy reference.
*Links and resources:
**Download* FREE the TEN TIPS…
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Aug 31, 2022
Your questions answered- How to Eat Less Water Q & A
*Episode Summary
*This episode is the first in a series of Q & A with myself and my team member extraordinaire, Alana. These questions were chosen from those sent in by listeners. If you have a question you'd like answered in a future episode, email info@eatlesswater.com. Your questions are answered in the last episode of every month.*
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*Contact for Alana*
www.instagram.com/theterritoryshop or email Alanna@theterritoryshop.com
*Links and resources:
**Download* FREE the TEN TIPS to EAT LESS WATER SUMMER PARTY PLANNING GUIDE for all the tips, steps, and info on how to celebrate like a kitchen activist with your friends and family.
*Find* gifts designed to serve well-being at the Eat Less Water Shop.
*Get* a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book
*Celebrate* summer with DRY FARM WINE. They curate delicious, low-sugar, organic wine from biodynamic farms around the globe. Learn more in my podcast episode HOW TO BUY YOUR NEXT BOTTLE OF WINE.
*Sign up* with this link to receive an extra bottle…
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Aug 29, 2022
EASY FIXES TO REDUCE FOOD LOSS IN YOUR REFRIGERATOR
*Episode Summary*
Imagine you just went shopping at the grocery store or farmer's market. You bought enough food to fill three shopping bags. You place the shopping bags in the grocery cart. You walk toward your car and on the way take one of those bags, the one that has the most perishable things, and throw it into the trash can.
This is not too far from the truth. The only thing that is off is the timing. Because what really occurs is we take that third grocery bag, unpack the contents into our refrigerator, forget about it until it's gone bad, then place it into the trash.
The average person throws away a third of their food. This total is based on the following statistic: 1/3 (1.3 billion tons) of food produced worldwide is lost or wasted.
The way it translates for the individual family of four is about $1,800 worth of food is thrown out. So in one decade, a family throws away $18,000 of food. It's easy for us to measure it in terms of $$ and tons. But we also throw out the wate…
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Aug 24, 2022
Organic, Conventional, Cage-Free, Free-Range, Pasture-Raised. What does it all mean?
*Episode Summary*
How many eggs do you think the average American eats? The answer might surprise you. It's 250 eggs per year.
If you calculate 250 eggs per year and multiply by the average water footprint of one egg, which is 23 gallons of water the total is 5,750 gallons of water per year per person. The largest share of water to produce eggs flows to the fields of grain. According to the USDA, chickens are a major feed grain user. Chickens, whether raised for meat or raised for eggs eat, approximately 100 billion pounds of feed every year.
My goal for this episode is for you to have all the information you need to purchase your next carton of eggs that saves water. I will walk you through the difference between organic and conventional eggs and decide whether or not you believe they are worth the extra cents.
I will break down the difference between cage-free and plain old eggs, in other words when no label of cage-free, free-range, or pasture-raised is listed.
And finally, in t…
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Aug 22, 2022
COOK WITH PURPOSE AND JOY WILL FOLLOW
*Episode Summary
*Over the weekend, I celebrated my birthday with friends on the beach. It's become my standard celebration. Each year I make the main dish, the entree, and it changes from year to year, depending on my mood or what I've been cooking lately. This time it was empanadas.
As I rolled the dough into circles, and filled each with savory ingredients, the morning of the party, it got me reflecting on my own food stories. Because there was a time when I would of been so overwhelmed by the task. In fact, there was a time when I would reluctantly make my way to the kitchen each time I had to cook a meal for the family. But somewhere along the way of learning to Eat Less Water, I learned how to cook with propose too. And to my sweet delight, when I cook with purpose joy follows.
In this episode I offer action steps anyone can take to uncover their own food stories that shaped your own relationship to meal time. I offer you the path to bring more joy to your cooking.
And as prom…
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Aug 17, 2022
Three Ways to Find a Farm to Table Restaurant: Interview with Michael Rodriguez (my husband)
*Episode Summary*
The following news article came up in my newsfeed Steep Water Cuts Are Coming For the Southwest As Colorado River Shrinks and Lake Mead's Level Plummets. I think it’s safe to say you have seen a similar article in recent days. And like me, you are concerned. So, what does that have to do with farm-to-table restaurants? And I'd say it has everything to do with it.
We are facing serious water shortages, not just in the Southwest, but around the nation and the world. The negotiations that are occurring between states and policymakers on ways to get folks to lower their water usage cannot begin an end with changing out your lawns. That is a strategy that's rolled out every drought, including shorter showers, turning off the faucet when you brush your teeth, etc. All those action steps are important. But consider this:
* Each person uses 82 gallons of water every day in the United States.
* Each person eats anywhere between 500 to 1300 gallons of water, our virtual…
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Aug 15, 2022
HOW TO GROW WELL-BEING IN YOUR COMMUNITY- IN MEMORY OF CARMEN RAMIREZ
*Episode Summary
This episode honors the memory of Supervisor Carmen Ramirez, friend, activist, and mentor. She died over the weekend tragically and suddenly. In this episode, I share parts of the blueprint she left for us to follow to turn our hope for better communities into action.
Articles
*LA Times Article
ABC NEWS
KEYT NEWS
*Links and resources:
**Download* FREE the TEN TIPS to EAT LESS WATER SUMMER PARTY PLANNING GUIDE for all the tips, steps, and info on how to celebrate like a kitchen activist with your friends and family.
*Find* gifts designed to serve well-being at the Eat Less Water Shop.
*Get* a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book
*Celebrate* summer with DRY FARM WINE. They curate delicious, low-sugar, organic wine from biodynamic farms around the globe. Learn more in my podcast episode HOW TO BUY YOUR NEXT BOTTLE OF WINE.
*Sign up* with this link to receive an extra bottle for one penny with your first order!
*Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss out on futu…
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Aug 10, 2022
HOLISTIC MANAGED MEAT IS THE BEST CHOICE
*Episode Summary
*In this episode, I build our shared vocabulary of sustainable food and explain the term *holistic managed*.
Language is power. And when we know the terminology we can partner with techniques to grow-wellbeing simply by reaching for these food ingredients when we see them at the market or start asking for them.
Having an understanding of the agricultural methods that grow well-being is key to saving water because 1) 70% of water globally is used to grow food, and 2) eating is something we must do every day. If we change how and what we eat, collectively it will make waves of change.
Visit the Cobblestone Valley Farms Website, a holistic managed farm I mention in this episode.
*Links and resources:
**Download* FREE the TEN TIPS to EAT LESS WATER SUMMER PARTY PLANNING GUIDE for all the tips, steps, and info on how to celebrate like a kitchen activist with your friends and family.
*Find* gifts designed to serve well-being at the Eat Less Water Shop.
*Get* a copy of…
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Aug 8, 2022
PERFECTION IS NOT THE GOAL
*Links and resources:
**Download* FREE the TEN TIPS to EAT LESS WATER SUMMER PARTY PLANNING GUIDE for all the tips, steps, and info on how to celebrate like a kitchen activist with your friends and family.
*Find* gifts designed to serve well-being at the Eat Less Water Shop.
*Get* a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book
*Celebrate* summer with DRY FARM WINE. They curate delicious, low-sugar, organic wine from biodynamic farms around the globe. Learn more in my podcast episode HOW TO BUY YOUR NEXT BOTTLE OF WINE.
*Sign up* with this link to receive an extra bottle for one penny with your first order!
*Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss out on future episodes released every Monday and (water) Wednesday.*
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Aug 3, 2022
WHY REACH FOR ORGANIC MILK EVERY TIME
*Episode Summary
*Now imagine you are at the grocery store in the milk section. You have many choices from organic to non-organic, and non-dairy alternatives. Which do you reach for?
Whether you are drinking milk from dairy cows or the dairy alternative, like soy, almond, or oat, the action tip for today’s episode is to reach for the organic option always. Even better, reach for the organic option that comes from small-scale dairy farmers like one of my favorite brands, Organic Valley.
Right before I recorded this podcast episode, I looked up the price for a half gallon of conventional or non-organic milk and the organic variety, specifically Organic Valley. The price difference was $2.00. And the difference in price between conventional milk and organic soy milk was 0.75.
What you gain in that .75 cents to 2.00 more you pay for organic milk is huge.
At the individual level, paying the extra money means your glass of milk will not contain, trace chemicals from pesticides. Nor wil…
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Aug 1, 2022
Build an Eat Less Water Habit: Interview with Author Michele Nevarez
*Episode Summary*
Last week I introduced the concept of meal planning. In that episode, I said, Some of you already have a meal planning, practice, which is great. And some of you don't have a meal planning practice. Once you start meal planning, you're going to wonder what took you so long.
But what does it take to build a new habit? At its essence, activism is getting oneself to do things differently, to create new habits. But why do some habits stick and others fail? What are the blocks that stand in the way?
In this episode, I explore these questions with Michele Nevarez, author of the book “Beyond Emotional intelligence: A Guide to Accessing Your Full Potential. She coaches clients around the world on this very topic with her team of Beyond Emotional Intelligence (BEI) certified coaches.
During this interview, Michele, an expert on EI and its practical application, will answer these and other questions and walk us through the proven action steps she designed to help us move f…
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Jul 27, 2022
How to Buy the Best Bread for Water
*Episode Summary:
*According to government stats, we eat a lot of bread, about 55 loaves of bread a year per person. In the average lifetime, those loaves of bread add up to about 87,000 slices in a lifetime. How much water are we eating in all those loaves?
If the water footprint of bread, that is how much water it takes to grow the grain to make one slice is 11 gallons and we multiply it by 87,000 slices, that is 957,000 gallons of fresh water we will each eat.
This total doesn’t include the additional 5,000 hot dog rolls and 12,000 hamburgers the average person will eat over a lifetime taking the water footprint total past a million gallons of fresh water.
In this episode, I share three steps you can implement today to reduce your bread water footprint while still enjoying your daily bread.
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**Download* FREE the TEN TIPS to EAT LESS WATER SUMMER PARTY PLANNING GUIDE for all the tips, steps, and info on how to celebrate like a kitchen activist with your fri…
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Jul 25, 2022
Three Great Things Happen When You Meal Plan
*Episode Summary:
*During the first 8-weeks of the HOW to EAT LESS WATER podcast I’ve shared many simple ideas to turn our shared hope for a cleaner more sustainable environment into action. But the foundation of all the action steps offered thus far is MEAL PLANNING. This one action step in many ways is the container or storage bin where all the action tips are organized.
In the book I’m writing now, HOW TO EAT LESS WATER IN 30 DAYS, meal planning is the action tip introduced on DAY 1 and embedded throughout.
If you already meal plan that's great, you have a good habit formed. But in today’s podcast episode I offer some approaches that you may not already implement into your weekly meal planning.
For those of you who don't have a meal planning practice, you're going to soon wonder what took you so long. Because when you start to meal plan at the beginning of your week, three things automatically happen:
* I WASTE LESS FOOD
* I EAT HEALTHIER
* COOKING FEELS LIGHTER, EVE…
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Jul 20, 2022
How Skipping Food and Products with Palm Oil Saves Water
*Episode Summary*
Recently I sent my teenage son, Joaquin to pick up flour tortillas for dinner. He handed me the package and said without prompting, this is the only brand that didn’t have palm oil. It has become second nature to look for this ingredient for all of us in the family. But it hasn’t always been the case. I didn’t connect the dots between palm oil, and global water systems until I did the research for the chocolate chapter in my book Eat Less Water.
When I was immersed in the research for cacao farming it brought me to tears. Palm plantations are devastating not only to water systems, but to groups of people who are displaced, to animals now facing extinction, and to our global climate.
Palm oil is the most popular vegetable oil on the planet because it's cheap. The cheap oil can be found in over half the items found in any grocery store from chocolate to toothpaste.
*The true cost of the popular cheap oil is best explained through the story of peatlands and fore…
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Jul 18, 2022
WASTE LESS FOOD
*Eat Less Water Opportunity*
COOK WITH ME. Join me for a virtual live pizza party. l will talk about how I choose ingredients to save water, offer batch cooking ideas, recipes, shopping list, with plant-based pizza topping ideas. I will provide you will a invitation template so you can invite friends over to join you. Here is a link to learn more.
*Episode Summary*
Eating and shopping for organic food is an integral component to eating less water and growing well-being for the planet. BUT quite frankly, the one thing we can all do regardless of our food budgets is to waste less food. That one action would make waves in water systems around the world.
We throw away so much food at every stop of the food chain. The statistic I've come across is we collectively throw away between 30 to 50% of all food. And food waste is not a United States problem. These totals are mirrored around the world.
While plenty of the food waste happens at the farm, grocery store, restaurants and cafeterias (…
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Jul 13, 2022
How to Brew Coffee that Grows Forests
*Eat Less Water Opportunity*
COOK WITH ME. Join me for a virtual live pizza party. l will talk about how I choose ingredients to save water, offer batch cooking ideas, recipes, shopping list, with plant-based pizza topping ideas. I will provide you will a invitation template so you can invite friends over to join you. Here is a link to learn more.
*Episode Summary
*Coffee is such an important ingredient to discuss because for many of us it's part of our daily routine. At my coffee grinding, and brewing is a morning ritual. How often do we really think about what's served in our mugs? And *did you know coffee is the third, most heavily sprayed crop in the world behind cotton and corn with chemicals so toxic they are banned for use in the United States.* But in areas where coffee is grown outside Hawaii, these chemicals are widely used and likely served in your cup of Joe.
Coffee needs high elevation, a temperate climate, and upwards of 60 inches of rain to flourish. The state of Hawai…
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Jul 11, 2022
Reimagining the Standard American Diet for Good
*Eat Less Water Opportunity*
COOK WITH ME. Join me for a virtual live pizza party. l will talk about how I choose ingredients to save water, offer batch cooking ideas, recipes, shopping list, with plant-based pizza topping ideas. I will provide you will a invitation template so you can invite friends over to join you. Here is a link to learn more.
*Episode Summary*
*The refined and processed foods that make up the Standard American Diet (SAD) has extracted a heavy toll on our health*. How many people do you have in your family who have difficulty regulating blood sugar levels, reduced immunity, and struggle with chronic ailments such as obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer.?
Our declining collective health comes more into focus when you examine these numbers.
* During the turn of the last century the average American ate 5 lbs sugar today the average is 190 lbs a year
* In 1900 each American consumed 4 lbs of oils and fat each year on average, today we eat 74.1…
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Jul 6, 2022
HOW TO CHOOSE THE BEST CHOCOLATE FOR YOU, THE FARMER, AND THE PLANET
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Tomorrow is world chocolate day, July 7th. I don’t need much reason to celebrate chocolate I always have bars of chocolate in my pantry ready for an afternoon nibble. When my kids, who are now teenagers, were babies, I held their tiny hands within mine and rubbed them together like they held the wooden handle of a molinillo, a chocolate whisk. We sang the same Spanish nursery rhyme my mother sang with me, cho-co-late cho-co-late bate bate chocolate.
I think it's safe to say we each hold our own precious chocolate story. It is one of those foods that that has the power to incite emotion, and to elevate an ordinary moment, especially when you take a square of chocolate, place it on your tongue, resist the urge to chew and instead let the flavors wash over your taste buds. It reminds me of another song I love by the Wood Brothers, the chorus goes, If I die young at least I got some chocolate on my tongue.
The chocolate that finds its way to my tongue is organic, dire…
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Jul 4, 2022
HOW TO EAT LESS WATER DURING A PARTY
*Eat Less Water Opportunity*
COOK WITH ME. Join me for a virtual live pizza party. l will talk about how I choose ingredients to save water, offer batch cooking ideas, recipes, shopping list, with plant-based pizza topping ideas. I will provide you will a invitation template so you can invite friends over to join you. Here is a link to learn more.
*Episode Summary*
You are either listening to this episode on July 4th, pre-party or post-party. Either way, I want to give you some tips that will help you save water and grow well-being for you, your guests, and the planet during the party.
These action tips are useful whether you're the host or the guest. In the guide, The 10 TIPS to EAT LESS WATER and SAVE WATER during your SUMMER GATHERINGS I break it down into three parts, the planning, which I talk about in episode six, the shopping part, and the party time.
In this episode
* I will share action tips to save water, save food, and money during the party whether you are the host or…
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Jun 29, 2022
WHY KNOWING THE COLOR OF WATER WILL CHANGE THE WAY TOU SHOP
*Eat Less Water Opportunity*
COOK WITH ME. Join me for a virtual live pizza party. l will talk about how I choose ingredients to save water, offer batch cooking ideas, recipes, shopping list, with plant-based pizza topping ideas. I will provide you will a invitation template so you can invite friends over to join you. Here is a link to learn more.
*Episode Summary*
This episode may seem a little technical at first but stay with me because it will change the way you shop for food. The concepts i present in this episode is at the basis of eating less water. Understanding the three colors of water truly has the power to reframe the way food is grown around the world.
*Links and resources:*
* *Eat Less Water Opportunity*
COOK WITH ME. Join me for a virtual live pizza party. l will talk about how I choose ingredients to save water, offer batch cooking ideas, recipes, shopping list, with plant-based pizza topping ideas. I will provide you will a invitation template so you can invite fri…
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Jun 27, 2022
3 WAYS TO EAT LESS WATER SURING YOUR NEXT ROAD TRIP
*Many of us are setting out on road trips this summer. I’m getting ready for my own. I will travel 900 miles stretching from where I sit now in Oxnard, California to Santa Fe New Mexico. It takes about 15 hours and three meals to get there. *
*The roads that lead us from here to there regardless of where are dotted with fast food joints. They serve food that is not the best for water, you can even argue fast food chains represent some of the worst foods for water, as the food relies on big corporate farms whose concern is not to grow wellbeing but to grow big yields and big profits. *
*But there you are on your road trip, starving, with few options. Believe me I’ve been there. And will likely find myself there again. But when I do just a little planning on the front end, I don’t find myself stranded along the road with nothing good to eat. *
*In this episode *
* *I will share action tips to feed yourself while being kind to my body and the planet.*
* *Offer ideas to pack…
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Jun 22, 2022
SUMMER PARTY PLANNING TO EAT LESS WATER
*In this episode get ready to plan your next summer gathering or party Eat Less Water style. I will introduce the first tip from the FREE 14-page Eat Less Water Summer Party Planning Guide: Plan your Menu and Incorporate more Plant-Based Dishes. *
*Writing a menu plan for parties both large and small is something you likely do already. But what makes it an eat less water menu plan different is the three following steps:*
* *I shop my kitchen and garden first to minimize food waste*
* *I consider what is in season. *
* *I incorporate a higher number of plant-based dishes*
*I will expand and give examples for each step. I will also give you the list of fruits and vegetables that are in season. And give tried and true strategies to get the ideas flowing for more plant-based dishes. *
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*If you need ideas for wine to serve at your next party of gathering that save water, build soil, and are delicious you can't go wrong with any of the following:*
*Biodynamic wine*
* *Dryfa…
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Jun 20, 2022
DROPS OF WATER SAVED MY FATHER'S LIFE
*Eat Less Water Opportunity*
COOK WITH ME. Join me for a virtual live pizza party. l will talk about how I choose ingredients to save water, offer batch cooking ideas, recipes, shopping list, with plant-based pizza topping ideas. I will provide you will a invitation template so you can invite friends over to join you. Here is a link to learn more.*
EPISODE SUMMARY*
*Drops of water saved my father’s life. This episode is dedicated to all the fathers, especially mine. I will read to you the prologue from my book, Drops of Water, which is based on the true story of the first days of my father's life.*
*Links and resources:*
* COOK WITH ME. Join me for a virtual live pizza party. l will talk about how I choose ingredients to save water, offer batch cooking ideas, recipes, shopping list, with plant-based pizza topping ideas. I will provide you will a invitation template so you can invite friends over to join you. Here is a link to learn more.
* *Download the 10 TIPS to EAT LESS W…
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Jun 15, 2022
HOW TO CHOOSE YOUR NEXT BOTTLE OF WINE
Consider this one glass of white wine is equivalent to 29 gallons of water. And one glass of red wine is 32 gallons of water.
If you look at the entire wine region area in the U S wine grapes sipped a little over 1 trillion gallons of water from wells and rivers in one year alone.
Climate change is going to increase the need for irrigation. We're already beginning to see that as summers become longer and hotter, and the winters become colder. One study found worldwide viticulture acreage will not be suitable for wine production by 2050.
In California, where most of our grape-growing occurs in the United States. It's predicted wine grapes will decrease between 50-63% by 2050.
The good news is there are ways to farm wine grapes that use less water and are more climate resilient. I learned this when I spent the day with Mike Benzinger, who was my tour guide and the founder of Benzinger family wines.
On this episode you will:
* Gain action tips to buy your next bottle of wine
* Y…
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Jun 13, 2022
SHOP YOUR KITCHEN FOR INGREDIENTS FIRST
Build meals on the food you already have in your kitchen. This seems like a no-brainer, but I know that unless I'm intentional about building my meals based around the things that I have, I don't do it. Create a night every week for a catch-all recipe, a recipe to use up all the must eats in your refrigerator, especially the produce drawer. Every culture has these recipes like quiche, tacos, and pizza. These meal ideas are a great place to use the food that you have leftover in the refrigerator to waste less food, water, and $$.
In this podcast I share with you how I built a pizza night based on the ingredients I had on hand for a spontaneous dinner party. I also share with you how I approach cheese, which has a water footprint of 414 gallons per pound on my pizza.
*Links and resources:*
* Receive 15% off your next purchase at the EAT LESS WATER shop and the 10 TIPS to EAT LESS WATER and SAVE WATER during your SUMMER GATHERINGS
* Follow me on Instagram: @eatlesshttps://www.insta…
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Jun 8, 2022
I EAT HOW MUCH VIRTUAL WATER?
We each eat on average between 500-1300 gallons of water every day. Understanding the virtual water footprint of our food is a great starting point to begin Eating Less Water.
Water footprint totals of some popular foods:
1 almond = 1 gallon of water
1 slice of bread- 11 gallons of water
1 pound of lettuce = 10 gallons of water
1 orange = 21 gallons of water
1 apple =33 gallons of water
1 dozen eggs = 276 gallons of water
1 cup cooked rice = 50 gallons of water
1 pound of pasta = 230 gallons of water
1 pound of chicken = 468 gallons of water
1 gallons milk = 720 gallons of water
1 pound of cheese = 414 gallons of water
1 pound of beef = 1800 gallons of water
1 pound of butter = 3602
*Show action tip: Serve more foods on your plate with lower water footprint totals (i.e. more plants on your plate). It’s better for you and for a river.*
*Links and resources:*
* Receive 15% off your next purchase at the EAT LESS WATER shop
* Follow me on Instagram: @eatlesshttps://w…
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Jun 6, 2022
HOW TO EAT LESS WATER TRAILER
Why a HOW TO EAT LESS WATER podcast? In this first episode I share with you how I came to move my water conservation from the shower after selling 80K shower timers to the kitchen. Every drought we are told to focus on the water we can see like the water from our sprinkler heads, our showers, and water hose. Those actions are important but a drop in the bucket in comparison to the water stored in our refrigerators and pantries. Seven out of every 10 gallons of water is used to grow and produce our food and we each eat on average between 500-1300 gallons of virtual water everyday. I understood if I was going to be the most effective at saving water I had to move out of the shower and into the kitchen.
Can I as an individual eater make a difference on water systems around the world? I took my question directly to farmers and food producers around the nation, traveling the distance of 16,000 miles. What I learned I wrote in the pages of my book EAT LESS WATER:THE SOLUTION TO WATER SHORTA…
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