Eating local is getting me in touch with my inner-foodie. I am cooking more often. By cooking, I don’t mean ripping open a box of Rice-A-Roni to serve beside a chicken patty. Blech. No, I am cooking—stewing, baking, sautéing. I am experimenting with foods I hadn’t previously used. Before the growing season ended, I cooked… Read more »
Just Food
Posts on the food system, from student blog posts and essays assigned in Sustainability Studies course SUST-S360 Just Food: Sustainable Food Systems.
Waste Not, Want Not
A few months ago, a friend of mine introduced me to the concept of “food diving.” He and I will wait until local businesses close and essentially dumpster dive for food; usually vegetables, fruits, and sometimes bread-related products, that have been thrown out because either a company doesn’t deem it viable over the weekend or… Read more »
The Personal Journey of a Locavore
Four weeks ago, Going Local week introduced me to the local food movement. The challenge of eating at least one Indiana food per day for one week increased my awareness of what I was choosing for the meals I created for my family and me. For seven days, I deliberately ate foods that were produced… Read more »