16/10/2023
Today is World Food Day.
Of course, we should celebrate our food, its what keeps us alive, but please stop and think about the impact on the planet and our health from our consumption of food.
Here’s some things to ponder.
We eat too much and much of what is consumed today looks nothing like food should – Ultra Processed Food which makes up so much of an average shopping basket is not only often lacking in nutrition, but studies now show that the act of processing is often harmful to our health.
Consider too, the amount of meat raised and consumed is off the charts and so much of the grain and corn produced is not for human consumption but to feed the animal.
Obesity rates around the world continue to rise (mostly in the Western World), whilst in poorer countries people are malnourished, starving and dying.
We throw away too much, and to think this could be almost stamped out if we thought more about what we need to eat week to week and spent just a little bit of time better planning meals and working out ways to use up older foods in the fridge and pantry.
Everything we do has an impact. What we eat, the amount we eat and what is sent to landfill has huge implications for the planet.
Consider
What you are eating – how was it grown? Was it farmed conventionally, produced with a raft of synthetic fertilisers, pesticides & fungicides. Is it nutritious, we know today that food grown conventionally contains less nutrition than the food grown organically.
Where and how it was grown or raised - was it grown organically, was it raised in an ethical manner?
What is your diet made up of; are you getting a good mix, the right mix of foods?
An apple is not an apple, a carrot is not a carrot. Soils are often not talked or thought about, but consider what’s in your soil, is it brimming with life, or is ladened with synthetic chemicals? Remember, what your soils consumes, your food consumes and you in turn consume the food.
Lets Celebrate World Food Day. Lets celebrate all the amazing food we have on offer and say thanks to everyone that is responsible for growing our food. Let's consider all the little things, each and every one of us can do, to ensure that we have nutritious food, fair food and good health for everyone and the planet.
