A random collection of links loosely related to eating ethically, living well…

I felt like I understood so much more about the ethics of food production after reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle and watching Food, Inc.  And we’re gradually making lots of great changes to how our family eats…  I’m more of an incrementalist than a cold-turkey type!  I know it’s impossible to completely extricate ourselves from the myriad injustices woven into the structures of our society, but where I’m aware of them, I’m trying to make better choices.

So one of the changes that D has protested?  Eating locally, in season, means no bananas!  (Why no bananas?  Here ya go.)  It’s not so much that she protests while we’re shopping, but she’s become a total banana hound when she sees them in the homes of friends.  (“May I borrow a banana,” she asks immediately and urgently.)  So my compromise position has become that we buy one when we visit Trader Joe’s and remind her than it’s a special treat that has traveled from far, far away!  (I should look and see if they have fair trade bananas…)

Then ‘Ua found this cool study done at our alma mater (go, Cardinal), about how “raising the students’ awareness of environmental and social issues” connected to food positively affects their eating habits much more than standard nutritional approaches.  More fruits and veggies, less processed food stuff…  It reminds me of these two posts about the importance of story and narrative to connect with our deepest drives, fueling habits that help us live richly and rightly – with our kids and with ourselves.

I’m definitely finding the farmer’s market eating plan much more enjoyable than any “diet.”

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