Week 20: Organic Foods

Diversity is any kind of variety that makes our world a better place. 

Here’s the funny thing about organic foods.  We think of it as something new and trendy.  And yet, until farming and food processing became so industrialized, people ate nothing but organic foods throughout the history of mankind!  This week we are celebrating the birthdate of Walter James of Kent, England who first coined the phrase “organic farming” in a book he wrote in 1940. 

Today, in our grocery stores and restaurants we are bombarded with so many choices.  If you agree that what you put into your body is important, then it will be essential for you to develop solid critical thinking skills.  How different is brand A from brand B?  How much healthier are “healthy foods,” and how much extra cost are you willing to pay for it?  Has food processing made your life better or worse?  There are no easy answers to any of these questions—you will need to find your own way of making the diversity of food choices beneficial to you. 

Remember, you don’t have to travel as far as Kent, England to find diversity.  There are hundreds of opportunities to celebrate diversity right here at your own school.  Find one today!