Disconnection to Reconnection: Why Food Is About More Than Eating

From Disconnection to Reconnection: Why Food Is About More Than Eating. In this episode, we are going to talk about our relationship with food, because so many of us have become stuck in the roles of eaters and consumers, and that is impacting our health, wellbeing and the health of Earth’s biosphere.

Food is very personal and intimate, connected to the broader world and the systems we live within. We take our food and put it inside us; it becomes a part of us. Every day, our bodies are made and remade from our food, drink, and interactions with our environments.

This means that we are putting our trust, our very lives, in our food systems.

Food systems are simply all the processes and infrastructure that work to feed us. These can be as simple as gardens, community gardens, urban and rural farms, markets, cooperatives, neighbours trading and bartering food, and people who process and prepare food, such as butchers, bakers, and chefs. But more commonly, in regions like North America, they include industrial agriculture, grocery stores, fast food outlets, factory food processing, and a lot of packaging and waste disposal...