For an adequate food supply to emerge on this planet, it is going to come about by the actions of "ordinary Janes and Joes." The corporate food system, according to Colin, is not designed to provide people with good food. It is designed to provide profits for corporations.
The way they do this is through standardization, which is the corporate "buzz" word for control and domination that is utilized to yield the highest profits at the lowest cost possible. It is not about YOUR health and welfare; it's about the size of their off-shore, untaxed bank accounts.
What Tudge recommends is a renaissance. A renaissance is simply a rebirth. In this case, it entails a rebirth of OUR taking charge of our food within our community and upon our land. In my personal fantasy regarding this, the likes of Walmart and other chains that sell us our food will become extinct. Instead, we will have fresh food primarily grown and or foraged/raised/hunted locally. Regarding farm animals, these should be free range for the best quality of meat and eggs. Their lives should fit the natural profile for their species; and their deaths should occur reverently and humanely. We would give them our care, gratitude, and respect.
The human benefits to this can't be described in writing. Perhaps a short YouTube clip can reinforce the importance of our eating fresh, local, and humanely raised food:
The foods we buy from Walmart, and other supermarket chains, are simply not healthy. To ensure health, the following rules of thumb should be followed:
(a) Buy local. Visit farms, buy directly from them. Attend farmer's markets.
(b) If you have any yard, grow some of your own.
(c) If you are urban, see if you can get a garden going. For example, the following video shows what one family did with their small lot:
(d) Ask around to see if you can get a community garden going.
(e) Do you see a lot of kids around that need to occupy their time in a constructive manner? Is a community garden in order?
Are our kids truly competitively driven egocentrics or are they truly, deeply humane beings who simply wish to live their lives in love. Again, Colin Tudge addresses this issue in his book:
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