In The Basics, we talked about how our food system is built on:

• Monoculture

• GMO crops

• Vulnerable workers

• CAFOs

• Overfishing

These systems have pros and cons.

The pros: they can help farmers with cost and efficiency to produce food at scale

The cons: they can have negative impacts on ecosystems, water, and air quality, and people

The takeaway:

The main way our society raises food can create some real harms to people, animals, and the environment for the sake of efficiency. The issue? These production methods often don’t align with the values that we all hold near and dear. But wait, what exactly are those values? And, what would it mean for your food to align with them? Click to the next section to explore this question more!

Ready to move on?