Most of us don't think much about the food we eat beyond what's for dinner. In fact, until recently, many people probably didn't even think about that. We live in a fast food nation, and millions of Americans eat out more often than they eat at home - at least, up until the recent pandemic hit and forced everyone to stay home and start cooking for themselves...
Growing up on a farm, we thought about food a LOT. Since we grew and raised most of what we ate, thinking about food was a long-term proposition. In the summer and fall, we thought about how much of our garden produce we needed to can and preserve for the winter. When chicks hatched or baby goats were born in the spring, we thought about when and how to butcher and store the meat, and how long it would last our family of 5. Most of the foods we bought at the store were purchased in bulk (whole wheat, beans, dried fruit, oil, and animal feed), so we thought about how much to buy at a time to save the most money possible and make every purchase stretch as far as we could. In the spring, we tapped maples and boiled and bottled maple syrup. In the fall, we harvested honey from our bee hives and poured the thick golden sweetness into jars to last throughout the year.
When you raise your own food, your life becomes about food in many ways. This is a far cry from how most people in modern society approach food, and as we have shifted to a mindset of convenience over substance, speed over source, this has been considered "progress." But in a very real sense, distancing ourselves from our food has caused more problems than it has solved.
The truth is, no matter how much we deny or ignore it, how and what we eat impacts our entire world in many important ways.
By making conscious food choices and choosing to learn and care about where our food comes from, we can not only improve our own health, but the health of the entire world - from the farmers who grow our food, to the animals, plants, and soil that support and/or comprise our food, to the environment at large - including water, air, and wildlife.
As the video below explores, food impacts everything, which is why changing the way we eat and working towards a new food system can be so powerful and far-reaching.
The guest on this episode, Mark Bittman, is the author of more than 20 books on cooking and food, including the acclaimed How to Cook Everything series. His new cookbook, Dinner for Everyone, shares how simple and delicious it can be to cook at home, no matter what your dietary preferences are. It's the perfect cookbook to add some easy and tasty variety to your home cooking - which many of us could use right about now!
Watch the interview below to learn why the food we eat can be a solution to many of the issues facing our world today...
Growing up on a farm, we thought about food a LOT. Since we grew and raised most of what we ate, thinking about food was a long-term proposition. In the summer and fall, we thought about how much of our garden produce we needed to can and preserve for the winter. When chicks hatched or baby goats were born in the spring, we thought about when and how to butcher and store the meat, and how long it would last our family of 5. Most of the foods we bought at the store were purchased in bulk (whole wheat, beans, dried fruit, oil, and animal feed), so we thought about how much to buy at a time to save the most money possible and make every purchase stretch as far as we could. In the spring, we tapped maples and boiled and bottled maple syrup. In the fall, we harvested honey from our bee hives and poured the thick golden sweetness into jars to last throughout the year.
When you raise your own food, your life becomes about food in many ways. This is a far cry from how most people in modern society approach food, and as we have shifted to a mindset of convenience over substance, speed over source, this has been considered "progress." But in a very real sense, distancing ourselves from our food has caused more problems than it has solved.
The truth is, no matter how much we deny or ignore it, how and what we eat impacts our entire world in many important ways.
By making conscious food choices and choosing to learn and care about where our food comes from, we can not only improve our own health, but the health of the entire world - from the farmers who grow our food, to the animals, plants, and soil that support and/or comprise our food, to the environment at large - including water, air, and wildlife.
As the video below explores, food impacts everything, which is why changing the way we eat and working towards a new food system can be so powerful and far-reaching.
The guest on this episode, Mark Bittman, is the author of more than 20 books on cooking and food, including the acclaimed How to Cook Everything series. His new cookbook, Dinner for Everyone, shares how simple and delicious it can be to cook at home, no matter what your dietary preferences are. It's the perfect cookbook to add some easy and tasty variety to your home cooking - which many of us could use right about now!
Watch the interview below to learn why the food we eat can be a solution to many of the issues facing our world today...
Here's a quick list of the topics covered in this fascinating video:
It's a meaty and thought-provoking episode, for sure! Let me know your thoughts after you watch it...
To your health,
Rose.
- How Mark came to think about food as a solution to global issues
- What is the true cost of the food we eat?
- Antibiotics in our food supply
- Junk food and soda marketing to kids
- What Mark would do to shift a national food policy
- The dichotomy between the idea that eating meat is bad and regenerative agriculture
- Good food purchasing policy and fair labor practices for individuals working in the food system
- Mark’s new book, Dinner for Everyone, and its focus on recipes that are fast to make, can be easily adapted to be vegan, and are great for company
- Overcoming the myth that it’s a hassle and time-intensive to cook at home
- Why if you care about food, you have to care about agriculture
It's a meaty and thought-provoking episode, for sure! Let me know your thoughts after you watch it...
To your health,
Rose.
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