{"id":407,"date":"2018-05-06T20:00:36","date_gmt":"2018-05-06T20:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/?p=407"},"modified":"2018-05-06T20:00:36","modified_gmt":"2018-05-06T20:00:36","slug":"taking-time-to-think-about-the-food-we-eat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/2018\/05\/06\/taking-time-to-think-about-the-food-we-eat\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking Time To Think About the Food We Eat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1089\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1089\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1089\" src=\"http:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/food-1200x600-1-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/food-1200x600-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/food-1200x600-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/food-1200x600-1-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/food-1200x600-1-624x312.jpg 624w, https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/food-1200x600-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1089\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">https:\/\/www.ocf.berkeley.edu\/~sather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/food&#8211;1200&#215;600.jpg<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At the end of lecture one day, Professor Litfin gave a single raisin to each student to suck on as we learned about the lifetime of the seemingly simple food. From the time the grape was planted, to it being dried out and transported to stores, we thought about it all. For me, eating food is part of my daily routine that I take for granted, and had never really thought through. I had no idea that the production and transportation of food touches an incredible amount of lives, and plays a part in creating advantages and disadvantages for different groups of people. The contemplative practice made a profound impact on me because eating became a time to think about the implications of my food choices.<br \/>\nSince completing this contemplative practice I have begun to incorporate this thinking into the meals that I eat. Whenever I find myself mindlessly scrolling on my phone, or scarfing down a sandwich, I pause and think about the food I have before me. I practice thinking about the implications for my wellbeing in eating the food, where and how it was grown, and honestly even if I enjoy the taste. Simply in slowing down to think about my food as I eat it, I have found that I enjoy my meals much more.<br \/>\nWe often talk about how the politics of food touches all of us, whether we know it or not. For a long time, I thought being a consumer had no effect on the food system, but in taking the time to contemplate my eating I am able to recognize the role I play. Whether it is a banana from Guatemala, beef from the Midwest, or a carrot from my garden, my choice of food has impacts beyond the dinner plate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the end of lecture one day, Professor Litfin gave a single raisin to each student to suck on as we learned about the lifetime of the seemingly simple food. From the time the grape was planted, to it being dried out and transported to stores, we thought about it all. For me, eating food is part of my daily&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/2018\/05\/06\/taking-time-to-think-about-the-food-we-eat\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":1088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,12,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-contemplative-practices","category-industrialized-food","category-meat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1090,"href":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407\/revisions\/1090"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}