Mindfulness Pocketbook: Little Exercises for a Calmer Life

Understanding Where Your Food Comes From

‘Tell me what you eat, I'll tell you who you are.’ – Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

Most of us are far removed from the source of our food. If we think about where our food comes from, we picture food shops and supermarkets, not farms. We interact with cashiers, not growers.

Of course, industrial farming has many benefits: innovation in farming and technology and participation in global trade, availability of different varieties of food. Yet it also has drawbacks. It can damage the environment, harm workers, undermine rural communities and compromise animal welfare. Industrial farming can disconnect ...