I’ve been watching Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution… and for me, it’s not SO interesting because I’ve been studying and researching where our food comes from and what’s good and healthy and ethical and right for years and years and my mom grew up on an agricultural farm and passed-down quite a lot of info and I’ve read all of Michael Pollan’s books and passed on info to others. I grew up cooking etc. So, I watch the show still really wanting them to give even more information… but understanding when you give information or want to strike up a movement… you have to give it in doses. And for most, it’s the first dose.

But, what I do find exciting is that with this show, the things that I already know and am concerned about becomes… relevant to a mass beyond my inner sanctum or people I break bread with. Not everyone had grandparents with land they ate off of, a mom that made her tear up the backyard for a veggie garden and fruit trees. Not everyone genuinely prefers salads and soup and unprocessed foods. I think it’s true that you grow a taste for it.

I know a lot of people …. who don’t know any better, say they don’t like politics. Well, you don’t have to, but you should know that the majority of the reason why you have what you have is because of politics. So, knowing politics and history is important in understanding where your food comes from and why certain things are in certain stores and schools in certain parts of the world amongst other major problems in our world like poverty.

So, it really bugs me… even to see on facebook in your political orientation… that many put that they don’t care for politics. It’s really not a time to be passive. It’s a great time to state what you stand for and what you care about and if you don’t know what to call it, maybe it would be a good idea to find out what it’s called in terms of politics… so other people know where you stand and what you care about. If people don’t know what you stand for, then you get lost in the shuffle and you remain voiceless in societies where there is a highly organized system to keep you quiet, lazy, uninformed and passive.

We have so much access to information. I, for one… am so curious and I can barely stand not having answers upon answers for everything and anything I’m curious about. Like… why certain countries have cheaper automobiles that don’t run on gas. Why certain countries utilize technology and push out products years before the US does and we charge more for it? I think it’s important to ask questions…. and react to the results of your findings.