05-17-2016, 08:33 PM
thanks for the question Shayne.
Honestly, I think one can get into unnecessary self-guilt when it comes to approaching foodstuffs.
The primary thing to keep in mind in terms of a positively-oriented approach to life is that things are done in a respectful and holistic manner.
There are certain habits and manners of farming which don't respect the earth, and the ongoing fertility of the soil. There are ways of raising (both crops and animals) which don't honor the full requirements of what is being raised, and a certain type of control or over-riding is applied to get the desired yield. Factory farming methods fall into the latter, and it doesn't matter if we are talking animal products or purely vegetable products, it can still be done in a heartless and disrespectul fashion (overuse of industrial pesticides and fertilizers, corporations patenting specialised life forms etc).
As part of my day job, I get to read some rural publications. And the old-fashioned 'family farm', where the owners are still adhering to their conscience and self-ethics is still there. There is a respect for life, when one is so intimately close to the cycles of nature.
It's usually commercialism, and supermarket chains driving down the prices for consumers which then leads to farmers having to ask the question of whether they want that contract, which means they have to artificially boost their yields using short-term (exhaustible) methods. That, to me, is when technology in all it's modern ways, becomes a method of 'plundering' the soil and the life that is planted in/and on it.
I think if you really want to care more about your nutrition and the system behind it, you have to ask yourself, where did this food (for lunch, for dinner), come from, and how was it grown? If you don't know (or don't care), then that's where the burden of responsibility lies.
Honestly, I think one can get into unnecessary self-guilt when it comes to approaching foodstuffs.
The primary thing to keep in mind in terms of a positively-oriented approach to life is that things are done in a respectful and holistic manner.
There are certain habits and manners of farming which don't respect the earth, and the ongoing fertility of the soil. There are ways of raising (both crops and animals) which don't honor the full requirements of what is being raised, and a certain type of control or over-riding is applied to get the desired yield. Factory farming methods fall into the latter, and it doesn't matter if we are talking animal products or purely vegetable products, it can still be done in a heartless and disrespectul fashion (overuse of industrial pesticides and fertilizers, corporations patenting specialised life forms etc).
As part of my day job, I get to read some rural publications. And the old-fashioned 'family farm', where the owners are still adhering to their conscience and self-ethics is still there. There is a respect for life, when one is so intimately close to the cycles of nature.
It's usually commercialism, and supermarket chains driving down the prices for consumers which then leads to farmers having to ask the question of whether they want that contract, which means they have to artificially boost their yields using short-term (exhaustible) methods. That, to me, is when technology in all it's modern ways, becomes a method of 'plundering' the soil and the life that is planted in/and on it.
I think if you really want to care more about your nutrition and the system behind it, you have to ask yourself, where did this food (for lunch, for dinner), come from, and how was it grown? If you don't know (or don't care), then that's where the burden of responsibility lies.
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