Our group decided to focus our action project on the topic of trade. For me personally I wanted to learn more about the subject because it has been such a hot topic in the news lately with Trumps tariffs and threats over trade agreements. Our original plan was to hold a faculty panel, but the University beat us to it…. Read more »
One of the contemplative practices we conducted was with chocolate. We were given both a piece of chocolate as it would be bought in western world, rich, creamy, and very sweet. Then we were given a piece of raw cocoa, it was bitter, earthy, and coarse. When I ate the piece of cocoa although I enjoyed this new unique flavor,… Read more »
One of the glaring issues taken on by Michael Pollans book In Defense of Food is the problem of nutritionism or “a reductionist way of thinking about food.” In the United States we have become so caught up with what nutrients are in food that we are no longer paying attention to what food we are actually eating. This is… Read more »