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Reflection
According to sustainabletable.org, 10% of the energy used in the US is consumed by the food industry and, as Manning informs us, the number of calories of fuel per calories of food produced has grown exponentially over the last several … Continue reading
Wednesday Dinner
Wednesday Dinner — The dinner meal consisted of lotus root, canned corn, frozen peas, black fungus and pork ribs. The lotus root was imported from China by Watson Enterprises Inc. (URL currently under reconstruction), but the actual cost of shipping … Continue reading
Wednesday Lunch
Wednesday afternoon – There were several foodstuffs in my lunch: soba noodles, onions and green and red peppers. Soba noodles, which is really Japanese vermicelli, is made in Korea (www.wangfood.com) of wheat flour, buckwheat, salt and water. The soba noodles … Continue reading
Wednesday Morning
Wednesday morning — I consumed two products: oatmeal, which consists of oats and oat bran and soymilk. I contacted Quaker Canada (a division of Pepsico Canada) to determine where the product is made and how it gets to Vancouver. They … Continue reading
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