11/18/2021
It said that in the US "we eat to live, and other places around the world live to eat", our thought process in food is incredibly sad to me, because when you see food as just a sustaining thing, you lose respect for it, it something you simply have to do to survive, and in that process we lose respect for the animal and plants that are killed and harvested, exacerbated by our disconnect in the harvesting process facilitated by grocery stores in the US, and eventually it becomes a disrespect and disservice to ourselves because we become so disconnected that we lose the connection to the nutrition and our bodies suffer for it and then our dependence on a medical solution is increased rather than a self reliance. It's why it so important that all of us are familiar with the process whether through hunting or agriculture that we understand when we buy those things that it's connected to a life, and that life may take a year or two to grow to a level where it can be butchered or harvested, then there's entire supply chain of people and fuel to get it there, it's estimated we throw away 31% of food we purchase in the US, it certainly wouldn't be as easy if you grew that tomato yourself, or raised that sheep, or hunted that deer to simply throw it away, but instead maybe if we took time to understand the food chain as a part of it rather than apart from it we would learn the only way to respect that life is to make it the best we possibly can and take time savor and enjoy it so that it's life is given meaning. It all happens on a plate of food.
