Throughout English 103, I have been required to read three books that are based on environmentalist ideals. In each book, Eaarth, State of the World 2010, and No Impact Man, similar environmental issues were presented, including deforestation, carbon emissions, and landfill usage. Food consumption and production is another issue that was brought up in each book. It was obviously as real an issue as the others, but I did not originally grasp the true nature of this issue. Food production and consumption directly effects every person on the planet because, obviously, everyone needs to eat. It is something that so many of us take for granted but something that is also a daily struggle for millions. Not only that, but many other environmental issues are connected to food production. The pollution from the factories that produces packaging and the food that goes into it, the emissions from trucks and planes that ship food across countries and oceans, and the eventual use landfills when we are done with the packaging and food that we so recently purchased. Clearly, eating is important, and every aspect of what goes into what we eat should be thoroughly researched and improved, and not just from an environmental aspect. So much of what we eat is filled with artificial coloring and flavoring and most people don’t get the nutrients they need to live a healthy life. However, there is a healthy alternative that has already turned into a global movement: Slow Food.
Below is the logo for the Slow Food International.
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