Culture and environment affect the way we eat food.
This branch affects the way that we eat by influencing the foods that we pick out to eat.
What is religion?
This branch affects the way we eat by way of our parents and the traditions and habits they pass down.
What is family life?
This branch affects the way we eat by determining the sorts of foods that are available for consumption in the local area.
What is climate?
Talk about the meaning behind dishes and what makes them a great food choice.
What can I do with my friends?
Religion (how we value food), Family life (how we pass down food), Climate (how we grow food).
In a typical situation, the consumption of green foods increases when the religion of followers prohibits the eating of unclean foods.
What is an example of religion?
In a typical situation, the food that we grow up eating and how we eat those foods carry with us to this day.
What is an example of family life?
In a typical situation, crops that are abundantly grown in a country will be used in their cultural dishes as opposed to crops that are grown five countries north.
What is an example of climate?
Eat each meal with a little more gratitude for the food set in front of you. Understand that there is a story being told.
What can I do by myself?
Some people say that technology influences how we eat more so than my three branches of essay. (religion, family life, climate)
What is the counter argument?
What are the foods that you choose not to eat? What are the foods that your religion doesn't allow you to eat? Does your religion allow you to eat all of the foods? How does this impact the food choices you make?
What are the questions about religion that I can ask myself?
What are family recipes passed down to me? What are foods that my family consider as "family foods"? Why does my family not typically choose to eat at this restaurant? What traditions will you pass down to your family?
What are the questions about family life and traditions that I can ask myself?
What crops are grown in my backyard? What crops do I usually see in abundance at the grocery store? How are these crops involved in family recipes? Are some crops more important than others?
What are the questions about climate that I can ask myself?
Share your food with people around you. Share the stories that those foods tell about your culture.
What can I do for the world?