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The Food and Ethics- Our Mission
Food and Ethics - Our Mission
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Our goal is to develop a global network which exchanges constructive proposals for solving today's food crises under consideration of our shared global ethics and values. In detail, this means: How can we change the rules of the game to identify a fair and healthy diet for all, produced and distributed in an ethical manner?
"Eat your soup, in Africa the children are starving," my grandmother always admonished me. As a ten-year-old I had my doubts whether by eating up I would help a child in Africa. Apparently we have all successfully avoided acknowledging that there is a connection between our lifestyle and hunger elsewhere around the globe.
Meanwhile we know that each of our actions have a global effect. The aerosol spray we use can burn a hole in the air’s ozone layer at the opposite side of the planet, our foot on the accelerator and our airline ticket to the beach for vacation can trigger a hurricane and kill people, and our penchant for meat patties can be linked to people drowning in a flood in Bangladesh. The globe has become too small. Not too small for the needs of all, but much too small for the excessive demands of some consumers.
In the production of meat, for example, an equivalent of about five to ten grain-based calories are required to produce only one calorie in meat. A third of all grain available worldwide is currently being fed to animals, in the United States this figure has even reached two-thirds. Therefore, industrial meat production also means food and energy destruction on a huge scale. And yet global meat consumption has quintupled since the 1950s, and the trend continues to rise.
However, consumption of animal-based foods can also make sense. Many centuries ago, humans raised cattle, goats and sheep because these animals converted inedible grass into valuable foods such as milk and meat. As long as cows in the pasture graze on grass and are not fed a diet of soybeans and grain, livestock can be useful. If we eat meat, this should be the product of organic farming. However, the quantity of meat consumed today cannot be produced in this manner – the available space is much too small.
Rules for an eco-friendly and responsible lifestyle:
- Eat less meat and animal-based foods, buy local, organic products in season, do not waste.
- Fly as little as possible.
- Drive less, share your vehicle, slow down.
- Live sensibly in a small, well-insulated home, be accessible via public transport.
Anyone who has understood the scarcity of resources and the need for global fairness will accept the challenges of the 21st century. Food is the easiest part -
a diet of mainly plant-based food can promote fitness and health. Food from organic farming protects nature and the climate. Making these choices contributes to diminishing global hunger and equally contributes to greater global justice.
https://www.xing.com/net/foodundethik
Our goal is to develop a global network which exchanges constructive proposals for solving today's food crises under consideration of our shared global ethics and values. In detail, this means: How can we change the rules of the game to identify a fair and healthy diet for all, produced and distributed in an ethical manner?
"Eat your soup, in Africa the children are starving," my grandmother always admonished me. As a ten-year-old I had my doubts whether by eating up I would help a child in Africa. Apparently we have all successfully avoided acknowledging that there is a connection between our lifestyle and hunger elsewhere around the globe.
Meanwhile we know that each of our actions have a global effect. The aerosol spray we use can burn a hole in the air’s ozone layer at the opposite side of the planet, our foot on the accelerator and our airline ticket to the beach for vacation can trigger a hurricane and kill people, and our penchant for meat patties can be linked to people drowning in a flood in Bangladesh. The globe has become too small. Not too small for the needs of all, but much too small for the excessive demands of some consumers.
In the production of meat, for example, an equivalent of about five to ten grain-based calories are required to produce only one calorie in meat. A third of all grain available worldwide is currently being fed to animals, in the United States this figure has even reached two-thirds. Therefore, industrial meat production also means food and energy destruction on a huge scale. And yet global meat consumption has quintupled since the 1950s, and the trend continues to rise.
However, consumption of animal-based foods can also make sense. Many centuries ago, humans raised cattle, goats and sheep because these animals converted inedible grass into valuable foods such as milk and meat. As long as cows in the pasture graze on grass and are not fed a diet of soybeans and grain, livestock can be useful. If we eat meat, this should be the product of organic farming. However, the quantity of meat consumed today cannot be produced in this manner – the available space is much too small.
Rules for an eco-friendly and responsible lifestyle:
- Eat less meat and animal-based foods, buy local, organic products in season, do not waste.
- Fly as little as possible.
- Drive less, share your vehicle, slow down.
- Live sensibly in a small, well-insulated home, be accessible via public transport.
Anyone who has understood the scarcity of resources and the need for global fairness will accept the challenges of the 21st century. Food is the easiest part -
a diet of mainly plant-based food can promote fitness and health. Food from organic farming protects nature and the climate. Making these choices contributes to diminishing global hunger and equally contributes to greater global justice.
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Permalink Reply by Network Abundance on -
Eat Locally, Share globally.
While that is something we agree upon, the economics of reality have been placed into full swing for some time - several decades, in fact.
One can now eat grapes year round, etc. etc. etc... yet it is healthier to eat your own regional food (right down to the honey - buy your honey from a bee farmer within your own zip code for ultimate immunity benefits.
Those with food related auto-immune disorders are up the creek... for example, someone who cannot eat:
-gluten
-corn
-casein
-dairy, in general
-yeast
has a hard time eating economically and healthfully at all -- let alone locally. The double edged sword? (See below)
It takes ALOT of money to eat organically (on the coasts at least) and with a list of auto-immune issues as stated above (more than 15% of the population in the U.S. is suspected to have similar disorders; that's more than diabetes!) -- Additionally eating healthfully takes a great deal of TIME in prep when one cannot eat fast food, nitrates, sugar, etc...
Where does one then find the TIME to work to maintain the mid-6 figures it takes to live and pay mortgage and eat organically -- often we see our co-workers and associates spend their time earning and buying food that they never have time to cook because they are too busy earning the money to eat healthfully. What would you choose? Your time or your health? Persons with severe allergies to food cannot have it all and will live shorter lives earning the money they need to buy the food they no longer have time to prepare.
Any thoughts?
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Permalink Reply by dawn hilton on -
Two years ago I was guilty of feeding my kids almost 7 days a week fast food and junk, just so I had the time to work all day then work all night.
I didn't have time to cook or clean dishes, but I had money to burn.
My children suffered, I suffered in health and mentally.
Through circumstance's, my life changed and I was left alone as I lost my partner, I had to give up my business's and become a full time mother.
I had to eat properly and feed the children well, losing their father was very saddening to them and I had to feed the healthy food to help them fight their pain.
Two years on and I grow my own veg, my fruit, we make jam together and I try and buy local produce as much as I can.
My boys are very sporty and they refuse to eat unhealthy now, we eat nuts not sweet and we are all better mentally and are getting fitter by the day.
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Permalink Reply by Brajanne on -
I have forgotten the taste of the flesh of mammals. Past year I stopped also with eating seafood and poultry. I always buy local products in season, if possible organic products but sometomes they are to expensive for me. For more then 20 years I encourage people in my envirement to eat more plant-based food, fruits and less meat, and to stop eating mammals.
The last time I took a plain was in 1990, I have no car, I live in the city and I do everthing by foot, everything is nearby. If I have to go somewhere I use the public transport. With heating and electricity I am very very econimic.
I never buy or read papers magazines, I stopped with buying books ... because I am in love with trees. If possible I don't wear leather shoes, handbags.
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