This video focuses on the Latin American food culture.
Dr.Michael Blake,who is an archaeologist in the department of anthropology, told that Latin America is famous for its domestication history.
And he explained domestication and transformation. The domestication is a domesticated plants needs human intervention to reproduce and it means the transformation how the plant or the animal from its wild state. The transformation is happened on a state where the plant or the animal has undergone genetic changes. And then transformation usually makes it more productive for humans who have been interested in the plant or the animal.
And he claimed that it is important for us to know where food comes from because we wouldn't be able to exist and we couldn't live if people don't work producing food. He said that most of us today don't produce enough food, and the food comes from somewhere and it was produced by people who are doing an absolutely essential part. Maybe he thought we must appreciate people who produce food more.
Then, I want to ask you "Do you know where the food you eat comes from?"
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Recently, I am thinking: we have to appreciate the producers, but now, there are many doubts that are the problem of fraudulently claiming the origin, so we can’t easily believe that what we eat is really what we believe. Of course, it is important to forget the feelings of gratitude as the speaker mentioned. However, it is also important we should make sure the information to see how the products are cultivated.( where is it from? Who made it? When was it made? ) So, we need the ability to evaluate it with our own eyes.
返信削除I think it helps to appreciate (and to accurately know) where our food comes from if we buy from a farmers' market, where we can often make direct contact with the producers. In Japan, there are many food cooperatives, such as Daichi, Radish Boya, the Seikatsu Club, etc. Such cooperatives have direct and longterm relationships with farmers whose produce can be trusted. The customers can even arrange visits to the farms if they wish. In that way, a lot more appreciation can be shown for what we eat and who grows it.
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