FYE 101 - Food for Thought

What is food? It’s such a simple question at first. But when the four of us started answering that question, our first impulse was to ask more questions. Is food what you eat? Is food what you buy at the grocery store? Yes, what you buy at the grocery store is what you eat, but there are so many other questions to ask about eating. When, with whom, and how do we eat? Why do we choose some food over others? How does what we eat affect ourselves and others? There are so many ways to analyze why we eat what we eat that have little to do with what’s available in a grocery store. Family traditions. Religious traditions. Concerns for animal welfare. Convenience. Necessity. Can we just keep eating food without being mindful of these concerns? Doesn’t the situation of our planet (8 billion people, climate change) require all of us to think about more than ourselves? How can we possibly balance all these concerns and still register true delight and relish with what we are eating?

Credits 1

Compass Attributes
First Year Experience