We donât we pay the ârealâ cost for most goods we buy, whether itâs iPhones or automobiles or skinny jeans, but thatâs alarmingly true for food. In this clip, MinuteEarth takes an honest accounting look at the impact of eating meat.
This is an important video. It doesnât tell you what to do, or what you should believe⊠but it will make you think about what you eat, and thatâs the most important step. Because (Drudge Report news flash sirens) most people do not think about what they eat! Not beyond nutrients, calories, general tastiness, and the ability to get rid of hunger.Â
Weâre sadly disconnected from our food. It is raised in boxes, harvested by box-shaped machines, transported in boxes riding rails and wheels, thrust before us in rows of smaller boxes on box-shaped shelves in big box-shaped stores⊠and is there anything less thought-provoking than a box?
We canât do anything about which food is right until we think about what food really is*.
Since someone will probably ask, I do eat meat. Like many people, I find myself conflicted about that choice (and it is definitely a choice). For me (and I must emphasize âfor meâ⊠your mileage will vary), the cultural and culinary value from eating meat outweighs the cost. I am privileged enough to be able to choose more expensive, more ethical, more sustainable animal products, but not everyone is in a position to assume a larger share of the true cost. Even then, in my house, we do minimize where we can. We definitely donât do it perfectly, but we do it consciously, with eyes open to all the âmessy businessââ that extends backwards from our dinner plates. And as I sad before, simply thinking about food outside the box is the most important food thing a person can do.
Btw, donât skip dessert on this one. If you feel yourself about to make a knee-jerk, emotional reaction to the question of whether people should eat meat, please watch Hank Greenâs video âWhy Are Vegetarians Annoying?â before you do:
â You should really read Michael Pollanâs thoughts on squaring the âmessy businessâ of meat eating, he puts it far better than I can.
*This is one of the reasons I think people should learn how to cook. There are TONS of reasons people should learn how to cook, but stimulating a more direct relationship with what you eat is definitely one of them**.
**I realize that many people in our society do not have access to or money to buy fresh food or the ability to cook it even if they wanted to, but thatâs a separate (and also very important) issue
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