Ep140: Food for Thought 2/1/22

I return to Food issues and ecology to discuss the transition to plant based diets and intersections with reactionary politics overall. I cover the double-think of meat eating, kids confused about meat, and a deep dive into the weakness of arguing for animal rights. In the 2nd half I cover reducing food waste with label changes; food sovereignty and a story of its practice in Porto Rico.

Sources

The cognitive dissonance of modern meat eating
https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/articles/why-the-meat-paradox-leads-to-cognitive-dissonance-for-millions-of-people-356334
Most kids don’t know where their food comes from.
https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/40-percent-of-american-kids-think-hot-dogs-and-bacon-are-plants/
Ethical case against the weak/reactionary ‘animal rights’ for ecology
https://social-ecology.org/wp/2005/01/ambiguities-of-animal-rights/
Food Sovereignty/ Campesina background
https://www.treehugger.com/food-sovereignty-definition-5181592
UK supermarket drops ‘use by dates’
https://www.treehugger.com/supermarket-eliminates-dates-milk-5215979
PR radical farmers doing agro-ecology
https://portside.org/2022-01-03/act-rebellion-young-farmers-revolutionizing-puerto-ricos-agriculture
Unread- Farmers movement beats Government in India
https://enoughisenough14.org/2021/11/21/how-farmers-defeated-the-government-of-india-a-year-of-protests-shows-the-effectiveness-of-horizontality-and-direct-action/
Comrade does permaculture streams
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtbHfcNhOoNeEjvNE-t3PTQ