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Farming systems: from exploitation to stewardship and back; ethical eating in a diverse world (part 6 of a series)
Farming system analysis is at the core to what food really is. It describes the ecology of men in nature, or the place of nature in the human environment. This is why this chapter is central in our series. As … Continue reading
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Ethical eating in a diverse world; cultural idendity and food: from nuclear family to feasting on diversity (Part 5 of a series)
The cultural identity is based on the biology, but tastes better. Answering the question “what do we eat” is central to our omnivorous identity, unknown by herbivores nor carnivores, as they just eat the same every day. The major cuisines … Continue reading
Ethical eating in a diverse world; the taboo: to define identity by exclusion (part 4 of a series)
There might be as many taboos as people A taboo food is a food from which people abstain for cultural or religious reasons. As the common meal is an important way to share common humanity, the food taboo is an … Continue reading
Ethical eating in a diverse world: where angels fear to thread (final part of a series)
I am sitting on a terrace in the shade of a vine in the South of France invited by some friends. Not the kind of like-minded buddies we mistake for friends, but the kind of neighbors you know you can … Continue reading →