ANTHROP 2AN3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Simple Living, Einkorn Wheat, Mcdonaldization
11 Jul 2014
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Not too much : brought the food issues to the mainstream, not a food movement exactly, greater awareness about food, whole foods, real" foods, edible education. Food and identity: you are what you eat, eg. What does it mean to be organic: health, ethical/ moral and environmental focus, deteriorating trust in large food companies. In opposition to fast/ industrial food practices: fresh + natural= healthy, farm- to- restaurant connection, simple living, tread lightly, pesticides, small companies, local, non-industrialized, ethical and sustainable foods, now driven by health concerns, taste and nutrition. The downside of organic: elitist, consumerist and commodified, disconnect between production and original meaning. Is it still in opposition to industrial farming: environment, leads to mono-cropping, nitrate use, moralizing, feel better about choices, green consumers". Eating local: locavores, ethics, environment, sustainability, social economic, political, food mileage, seasonal, community gardens, putting money back into your community, creating relationships with people in your community o.
