Re: History of Counterculture Food

<delurking>

just a though in passing... under the categories of
legal/political/globalizaton issues or ethical/moral issues, I would think
food rationing/distribution would develop as a sub-topic.

Morgan S.


"ASmith1946" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I've ended up with the responsibility to write an article on the history
of
> counterculture food. As this is not my strength, I thought I'd ramble a
bit and
> ask for your comments-- positive and negative.
>
> "Counterculture food" includes a wide group of individuals and groups
opposed
> to corporate agriculture, corporate manufacturing of food, perceived
government
> protection and subsidy of corporate food producers, and the globalization
of
> food in general.
>
> Counterculture food groups have many divergent interests, but many cluster
> around the following overlapping issue areas:
>
> 1. environmental and sustainability issues (organic gardening; family farm
vs
> factory farm, etc.);
>
> 2. health and nutrition issues (chemical additives, pesticides; junk food,
fast
> foods, obesity, etc.);
>
> 3. legal/political issues (labeling, approval processes, political power
of
> food companies, etc.);
>
> 4. ethical/moral issues (animal rights, vegetarianism, religion,
humanitarian
> matters, hunger and malnutrition, food advertising/promotion, etc.);
>
> 5. science/technology issues (GMOs, cloning, etc.);
>
> 6. globalization issues (NAFTA, WTO, EU, etc.).
>
> What obvious issue areas have I left out?
>
> Andy Smith