Boar's Head

Today after class I decided to have a sandwich from the Boar’s Head Deli which is located in downstairs Colonnades. I ate a rotisserie chicken sandwich with lettuce, peppers and oil & vinegar on a sub roll. With the sandwich I also ate a bag of Lay’s Barbecue chips and had a Cherry Coke. Trying to figure out where the meat from Boar’s Head was harder than I thought it was going to be. After researching and making a few phone calls I ended up with nothing. They refused to give out their information due to “security” reasons. The lady on the phone did tell me that all meat comes from USDA approved farms and that all of their meat’s are domestically raised except for some pork which is raised in Canada. I found that the Lay’s bag of chips that I ate was from their factory in Charlotte, North Carolina and that the soda I drank came from Atlanta, Georgia. It takes a total of 540 miles just to get the soda and chips to the school. This does not even include the products for the sandwich. At the minimum it still costs over $250 to ship a 2 products that only cost $2 total. This seems outrageous and unnecessary.

As the project continues to go on I have learned that I need to start eating healthier. From now on I am going to drink water instead of other drinks whenever available and I will avoid fast food as much as possible. Although this is a little change it will help put less strain on the environment in the long run.