I have been working on a paper to present at a meeting in February which is why I have been so MIA lately. My paper is about what drives people in the Southeast to buy foods directly from the farmers who grew it. I say this to preface what I found today. Looking for some popular media to demonstrate why the local movement became so large with consumers, I found this video. It moved me to tears. It is a long video, but please take the time to watch this video.
What this video talks about is real. Children today are expected to live ten years less than their parents. This statistic is for the United States and other developed countries. It is not for those people who live in 3rd world countries. This problem is real. Obesity is a real problem, and the food we eat will surely kill us if we keep living and eating the way we do.
Please enjoy this video, and remember that pretty is as pretty does.
-McKenzie
