Author Archives: Benjamin James Reijonen

Collective Action: It’s not easy, but it is rewarding.

As we progressed throughout the quarter, I knew that the Action Project was going to challenge me in ways that I’ve never been challenged in my academic career at UW that’s already spanned three years. For one, this was my first group project that essentially spanned over an entire quarter. As such, the number one takeaway I ended up having… Read more »

Making Time To Ponder Our Food… And Our World.

Never before have I taken a class in my academic career that has had something like the contemplative practice activities we’ve done in class. The whole concept of contemplative practices, and literally sitting in silence for minutes at a time in a lecture setting definitely had me feeling a little uneasy at first (and still does). However, after participating in… Read more »

Buying Local: Can Everyone Do It?

One of the solutions that Pollan gives in his book for eating better and living a more healthful lifestyle is to buy locally from farmers markets rather than from supermarkets. Initially, upon reading this, I felt as if I could make this change in my own life, as I’ve shopped at farmers markets in the past. However what Pollan and… Read more »