You'd Think We'd Learn By Now

One of my newfound passions in the last year has been on food and food production. It's become one of the most important under-pinnings to the changes I have made in my life and in my diet. I eat healthy. And much to the surprise of those of you who have known me for a long time, that healthy eating now includes meat. But one of the things I refuse to do, as a meat eater, is take that responsibility lightly.

As omnivores and ethical people we need to be willing to challenge the current food economy that is, literally, sickening us all. The food that you put on your plate and ultimately into your body not only makes you healthy or unhealthy, it does the same for the whole planet. I have a lot to say on this topic. And truthfully, I am not going to do it justice in a quick post on a Monday morning as work is mounting, so I am putting a placeholder here that says Get Ready-- I'm going to be taking this one on shortly-- the journey from self-applauding yet ignorant vegetarian to ethical eater-- and all the nuances, the half-truths and A Ha moments along that road.

But in the meantime, let me start you here-- because it's current and it provides a good plunge into the rabbit hole of the politics and the choices of eating.