May 3, 2012

Today we went to the research expo and saw everyone's projects. Then Heidi from WellWorks came and talked to us about her job there. She does a lot of event planning for Well Works. She said she liked it, but it could be stressful at times. A lot of the events she plans revolve around food and that's how she uses her Dietetics portion of her degree, but she doesn't do any counseling or anything like that. She also talked about CHIP and CSA which seem like very good programs. I have never heard of the CSA so I thought that was such a cool idea. I would definitely pay to get fresh veggies from local farmers. CHIP has helped a lot of people and I think it is great for people who want to eat a plant based diet, but personally I think it might be a tiny bit biased. I know plant based diets really do help a big number of people, but I don't like the idea that if you eat dairy or meat you are unhealthy.