Food
Page last updated: 18th Aug 2008
Where Does Our Food Come From?
I'm sure the bright sparks amongst us will be quick to say "Waitrose!"
But a recent article on the BBC site about Food Origins says that:
"22% of 1,073 adults questioned did not know bacon and sausages originate from farms."
It goes on to say that: "Some 47% of people did not know farms produced porridge's main ingredient." *
I worry that this kind of dis-connection with the land that is causing a lot of heart ache and strife. How can we understand the plight of the famine torn countries if we don't even know what a pig does for us? And why should we care about the plight of our pigs if we don't know how much they are a part of our lives?
It's made me start thinking about a new section for this web site: "Connections" or perhaps "Joint the Dots". Could be fun to do and might get the message across.
* Just in case anyone reading this is scratching their heads here are the answers: Porridge = Oats; Bread = Wheat; Bacon = Pig; Kebab = Sheep; Burger = Cow; Egg = Chicken; Chicken = Egg.
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