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Some Thoughts about the Relationship between Where We Live and What We Eat

Recently, I have been doing a lot of thinking about the very interesting and complex issue of how where we live affects what we eat, and vice versa.  This post simply relays my layperson’s thoughts on various aspects of this topic and does not purport to be a scholarly work.  I nonetheless hope the post will be thought-provoking, and that you’ll include some of your… Continue reading Some Thoughts about the Relationship between Where We Live and What We Eat

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Food Ethics, Part One — What They Are, and Why They’re Important

In my youth, I spent a lot of time in my grandmother’s kitchen.  She was a child of the Great Depression who was fond of saying “those who waste will come to want.”  I heard this phrase every time I started to discard what I thought was an empty tub of margarine, as she would intercept it from me and eke… Continue reading Food Ethics, Part One — What They Are, and Why They’re Important