Food Fix: Ethical eating

More

MSU Food Fix podcastIs it okay to give food to a food pantry that you wouldn’t eat yourself? Can you have another farmer sell your strawberries at the local farmer’s market?

When we think of “ethics,” we probably think of a rulebook that people like doctors follow, and people like politicians are supposed to follow but usually don’t.

What do ethics have to do with your breakfast?

Paul Thompson argues that ethics and food systems go hand in hand. It’s one thing to feed people; it’s another thing to feed them ethically.

Thompson is the W.K. Kellogg Chair in Agricultural, Food and Community Ethics at Michigan State University. His new book — From Field to Fork: Food Ethics for Everyone — argues that food and ethics go hand-in-hand.

Check out this interview with Thompson on the Food Fix podcast here.

Talking about ethics is a way to ask better questions about our food system, Thompson said.

“It’s about the way that our food system is structured. The way that production, distribution and consumption of food affects other people…the way it affects animals, the environment.”

For more, listen to the podcast online.

Editor’s note: The Food Fix is produced by the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism for Michigan State University’s Global Center for Food Systems Innovation. The Knight Center also produces Great Lakes Echo.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *