Comments on: What’s on Your Plate? http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/09/03/whats-on-your-plate/ News & commentary on sustainability, activism, urban planning, politics, and our world. Fri, 25 May 2012 16:38:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Eco home http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/09/03/whats-on-your-plate/comment-page-1/#comment-68970 Eco home Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:59:01 +0000 http://ecolocalizer.com/?p=1616#comment-68970 This is a fascinating topic and I'm hoping this documentary gets screened in the UK - there are certainly a number of alternative community centres that would be interested in showing it. I think there is a serious question about the health of our children and one that clashes with the 'fast profit at any cost' driven nature of the food industry. The concepts of food miles and healthy ingredients, not to mention food politics (ie how did these beans actually get grown in Kenya - under what conditions etc) remain in the fringes of society because we have a system that needs those questions to remain there. The people with the worst diets in the west are also the poorest, who have been sold the myth that fast/frozen food is cheaper - actually it is more expensive but the communities have been so broken down that families dont even try to cook any more, let alone think about healthy food. I'd like to think projects like this would increase awareness to the point where policy is changed in schools etc but the reality is it will take a lot more grassroots action before we're anywhere near that. Thanks for posting! This is a fascinating topic and I’m hoping this documentary gets screened in the UK – there are certainly a number of alternative community centres that would be interested in showing it. I think there is a serious question about the health of our children and one that clashes with the ‘fast profit at any cost’ driven nature of the food industry. The concepts of food miles and healthy ingredients, not to mention food politics (ie how did these beans actually get grown in Kenya – under what conditions etc) remain in the fringes of society because we have a system that needs those questions to remain there.

The people with the worst diets in the west are also the poorest, who have been sold the myth that fast/frozen food is cheaper – actually it is more expensive but the communities have been so broken down that families dont even try to cook any more, let alone think about healthy food.

I’d like to think projects like this would increase awareness to the point where policy is changed in schools etc but the reality is it will take a lot more grassroots action before we’re anywhere near that. Thanks for posting!

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