“It would not do for the consumer to know that the hamburger she is eating came from a steer who spent much of his life standing deep in his own excrement in a feedlot, helping to pollute the local streams. Or that the calf that yielded the veal cutlet on her plate spent its life in a box in which it did not have room to turn around. Wendell Berry, "The Pleasures of Eating," What Are People For?, 1989 Jesus pioneered a relationship ethic based on compassion. Being a disciple means building relationships - with the Creator and with all creation and creatures.” PeopleKnowsMeanHelpingTurnsJesusPleasureAnimalRoomsCompassionCreationBuildingCreaturesEatingEthicsStandingBoxesCreatorLocalsConsumersStreamsPlatesDiscipleSteersBerriesHamburgersCalvesBuilding Relationships Author:Leonard Sweet
“The Christians seized all the maize the locals of Nicaragua had grown for themselves and their own families and, as a consequence, some twenty or thirty thousand natives died of hunger, some mothers even killing their own children and eating them.” ChildrenChristianMotherAtheismThousandEatingConsequenceDiedTwentiesKillingHungerPositive AtheismLocalsThirtyNicaraguaMaize Author:Bartolome de las Casas
“Supporting local farmers is important to me, which is not only good for the local economy and better for the environment, there is evidence that eating locally grown food strengthens your immune system.” ImportantEconomyEnvironmentEatingEvidenceLocalsFarmersImmuneImmune System Author:Suzanne Whang
“In 2009, I traveled to South Sudan with my organization PSI. While there, I visited a local school and met with a group of children who had formed a water club. The group learned about how to treat their drinking water and use proper hygiene practices, such as washing their hands before eating or after going to the bathroom.” ChildrenUseHandsSchoolWaterPracticeGroupsMetsEatingOrganizationTreatsDrinkingSouthClubsLocalsTraveledBathroomWashingHygieneDrinking WaterSudan Author:Mandy Moore
“Do we really want to travel in hermetically sealed popemobiles through the rural provinces of France, Mexico and the Far East, eating only in Hard Rock Cafes and McDonalds? Or do we want to eat without fear, tearing into the local stew, the humble taqueria's mystery meat, the sincerely offered gift of a lightly grilled fish head? I know what I want. I want it all. I want to try everything once.” KnowsWantTryingHardMysteryRocksFoodEatingFishesHumbleEastLocalsFranceMeatMexicoSincerelyProvincesMcdonaldsCafesStewWant To TravelKitchen ConfidentialHard Rock Author:Anthony Bourdain