CHAPTER ⅩⅤⅡ: FOOD PHILOSOPHIES AND SUSTAINABLE QUALITY OF LIFE

摘要

Structural adjustments such as skipping meat, eating more local food, consuming less and as sober as possible are pathways discussed to cure the Western unsustainable, unhealthy and inhuman food-style (Korthals 2004). Solutions, however, will not be as simple when the complex role of food in our lives and the complex interrelations of a global food system are fully acknowledged. Korthals (2008) argues that we have to look further than the above adjustments : " Meat can be produced sustainably and banning it would be an affront to people's autonomy ; trade can be a real boost for farmers in the global South ; we wouldn't want to eat less fruit and veg ; and if we want food once again to be a source of enjoyment, delight, sociality and connection with nature, then sobriety would be counterproductive " (Korthals 2008, p. 18).