When you sit down for a meal, you are rarely eating just one thing. Whether it’s a dinner plate of food, last night’s leftover pizza, or a piece of toast and coffee, there are multiple ingredients touched by many hands that are coming together to sustain you in that moment. And in all of that work, and all of those resources present, there is an opportunity for a better world.
While our current food system has enabled the world to feed billions, it is also damaging to the environment and to eaters alike. It’s imperative that we begin to produce our food in better ways—ways that are more creative, equitable, and sustainable. How, and which, food gets to our plates is as big a determinant to planetary and public health as anything else you can name.
