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Our diets are, to a large degree, the result of routine. We commute, so we grab a coffee and pastry or a granola bar. We quickly swallow a fast food lunch between meetings. We’re too tired at home late in the day to cook from scratch, so we’re grateful for the ease and tastiness of processed meal selections. These are the dietary realities of our busy contemporary lives.
Through it all, we take great pleasure in eating. It is a reward for the grind of life’s responsibilities. So we indulge, creating leisure spaces that incorporate food as the medium for social gatherings.
Accepting the boundaries of our food preparation limitations and our cultural dietary histories, however, doesn’t change the fact that the Earth is experiencing a biosphere crisis. Agriculture production is a significant part of that damage. How can we reconcile our contemporary meal habits with the reality that, all too often, the foods we eat are sourced in ways that are warming our planet and creating climate havoc?
Make America Aware of its Diet (MAAD)
