Toward a Value Driven Diet
Monday, December 7th, 2009Michelle Knapik, Environment Program Director
I spent last Friday afternoon at the latest in the series of Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) Food System Stakeholder meetings. This one focused on the indicators of a sustainable food system. What that means in less wonky terms is what are our “food values” and how do we measure them. Put another way, if we, as individuals, are what we eat, our food system is a reflection of what we value . . . or is it? I’ve written in past blog posts (link here , here and here) about the disconnect between agri business and what we eat, and whether we know much at all about where our food comes from, how it was produced, and what impacts it has on the earth. But in this meeting on indicators I came face to face with food values. (more…)
