I've never really thought about the politics of food before this class. I never questioned where my food came from because it didn't really seem to be that big of an issue to me. But now that I think about, food matters. It matters where our food comes from, how it was made, what was added to it, etc. So many people, especially in America, don't care about these things. As long as we have something to eat everyday, we're ok.
Wendell Berry says that the politics of food involves our freedom of choice, that it is important for us to still have choices. But what are we to do when our freedom of choice is taken away from us? What are we to do about all the terrible things that companies in the food industry do to animals just for the sake of producing food cheaper and quicker? How can we change everything that is wrong with the way that we eat?
I completely agree with you, I was the same way. I never really questioned what is in the food or where it came from. Food actually matters and it's important. Watching that video in class was really disturbing, the way people treat the animals and how the food was being processed. We have to start being aware in the things we consume because it can cause major danger to us and we may not even know it due to the lack of not caring.
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