The phrase ‘Fast Food’ has moved beyond describing just the typical American ‘eat and run’ habits, but become a way of referring to it’s general cultural methodology: economy of scales, profit at almost any cost – without much thought or pride in regards to the source of production or the impact of production methods on economy, health or community development. Enter ‘Slow Food’ movement, which claims to emphasize taste, health and making local connections. I’m amazed to see how quickly their mascot, that slimy snail, has become so popular.
The effort to delineate one kind of food from the other may seem ridiculous but as history demonstrates, government food policy and large scale production has not always made decisions which have been in favor of consumer needs and so our foodstuffs tend to be at the mercy of commodity prices and corporate agendas. Positivity is becoming less and less a forte of mine – because inevitably, it will be revealed that currently accepted practices are detrimental or a key player in a chain of events that lead to a slew of destruction. Why do we have to wait for data to come in when a bit of common sense and reason can help us draw conclusions about the things we consume?
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