Food in the Environment

     I have found that there is not a lack of food in the environment in which I live.  However, there is a large 

amount of overly processed food.  It is unknown whether or not this is harmful to the people within the area, 

but it is likely that it is not beneficial.  I believe that the lack of food awareness is a cause for the passivity of 

those who eat this food.  If they were to know how it was made and where it came from, they would likely 

have a different opinion of it.  

     The sustainability of this environment has been increased by poor food practices, but the natural aspects 

of it has also been destroyed.  Using livestock in great quantities has made it sustainable, but the process of 

doing this is horrible to the environment, the consumers, and the animals.

Environmental Teaching

             One of the most important things for future generations to know is how to take care of the earth.  The best way to accomplish this is to teach them ourselves.  In order to do that, we must first know how to do this for ourselves.  Currently, human society kills thousands of creatures in order to survive and wastes many of the products of such slaughter.  “Likewise, living beings and organic habitats are being culled and destroyed in the name of human production and consumption at staggering rates” (Kahn).  It is unethical not to teach young people about such a waste of resources.