In my personal experience when I think I food I tend to think of food
on a personal level, food as it relates to me. This week I would like
to flip the script and think about food as it relates to others, the
relationship between food and the community. Below are some
topic related quotes from featured on Nourish.org…
on a personal level, food as it relates to me. This week I would like
to flip the script and think about food as it relates to others, the
relationship between food and the community. Below are some
topic related quotes from featured on Nourish.org…
Bryant Terry: “Food and community are inseparable. I rarely
eat alone, and I don’t like eating alone, because I think food
should be shared with other people.”
eat alone, and I don’t like eating alone, because I think food
should be shared with other people.”
Anna Lappé: “Food plays an essential role in building community.
One of the things that has changed so much in just my lifetime is
our relationship to food and community. Many of us no longer have
the experience of having meals together with our families, friends,
and classmates .It’s exciting to see that there’s a renaissance of
people realizing how important it is to use food as a way to
connect with each other. People are doing this in all kinds of
creative, inspired, and fun ways.”
One of the things that has changed so much in just my lifetime is
our relationship to food and community. Many of us no longer have
the experience of having meals together with our families, friends,
and classmates .It’s exciting to see that there’s a renaissance of
people realizing how important it is to use food as a way to
connect with each other. People are doing this in all kinds of
creative, inspired, and fun ways.”
Nadine Burke: “When I was a kid, dinnertime was family time.
That was sacred time. I could hang out with my friends all I
wanted before or after, but dinnertime was the time that we
connected as a family. Recently, our eating habits have really
changed. About 50 percent of meals are eaten outside of the
home, and 20 percent in cars.We’re eating more of our meals
out, where we don’t have control over what goes into them.
We don’t have time to make nutritious meals so we eat a lot
of processed food or prepackaged food or fast food. There are
a whole lot of factors that have gone into what is now the
obesity epidemic.”
That was sacred time. I could hang out with my friends all I
wanted before or after, but dinnertime was the time that we
connected as a family. Recently, our eating habits have really
changed. About 50 percent of meals are eaten outside of the
home, and 20 percent in cars.We’re eating more of our meals
out, where we don’t have control over what goes into them.
We don’t have time to make nutritious meals so we eat a lot
of processed food or prepackaged food or fast food. There are
a whole lot of factors that have gone into what is now the
obesity epidemic.”
Michael Pollan: “The whole social institution of eating together
is fracturing and breaking down. The drift in the last 50 years or
so has been to eat individually. It benefits food companies when
you eat individually, because you tend to eat more. Each
individual will have different food choices, which segments the
market. Food marketers would rather have us eat lots of stuff
by ourselves in isolation than eating together. They love getting us
to eat in front of the television set, on our own, on the run, and in
the car.”
is fracturing and breaking down. The drift in the last 50 years or
so has been to eat individually. It benefits food companies when
you eat individually, because you tend to eat more. Each
individual will have different food choices, which segments the
market. Food marketers would rather have us eat lots of stuff
by ourselves in isolation than eating together. They love getting us
to eat in front of the television set, on our own, on the run, and in
the car.”
When I think of food and community (somewhat embarrassingly)
the first thing that comes to mind is an old Stouffer’s ad campaign.
I remember watching TV as a kid and seeing a commercial
for Stouffer’s pop up on the television. There would be a
family surrounding a table smiling, talking, and eating Stouffer’s
while a narrator peppered in facts about the benefits of
family dinners. The brand was trying to commoditize an relationship
as old as time: that of food and community.
the first thing that comes to mind is an old Stouffer’s ad campaign.
I remember watching TV as a kid and seeing a commercial
for Stouffer’s pop up on the television. There would be a
family surrounding a table smiling, talking, and eating Stouffer’s
while a narrator peppered in facts about the benefits of
family dinners. The brand was trying to commoditize an relationship
as old as time: that of food and community.
Historically: As an essential aspect of survival food has heavily shaped
human history, and society.As Ones relationship to food could be seen as
an indicator of class in the greater community.For example, “early agrarian
societies formed around the production of food; they developed social
structures that allowed some people to focus on farming and others to
work outside of agriculture and which eventually led to stratification of
classes and the concentration of power around those who controlled access to
food”. There are infinite other examples of how food has shaped humanity, and
while I won’t give anyone a history lesson I thought it was interesting to mention.
human history, and society.As Ones relationship to food could be seen as
an indicator of class in the greater community.For example, “early agrarian
societies formed around the production of food; they developed social
structures that allowed some people to focus on farming and others to
work outside of agriculture and which eventually led to stratification of
classes and the concentration of power around those who controlled access to
food”. There are infinite other examples of how food has shaped humanity, and
while I won’t give anyone a history lesson I thought it was interesting to mention.
My Personal Experience at K: When I was a first year large chunks of my
time were spent socializing in the caf. I remember having two hour long lunches
(when I meant for it to be a quick 30) because the conversation between friends
was too interesting to leave. At a school with a tendency towards stress
culture, where there are days when spending time on anything deemed ‘unproductive’
is seen as wasteful, meals were a necessary task that could also be a pleasant one.
It was a time to destress, to commiserate, to laugh, and yes to eat. There were
Saturday morning brunches where a clear majority of students were hungover,
and exam week breakfasts where the amount of books on the table
outweighed the amount of food. The caf provided a commonality in the narratives
of K students.As an upperclassmen I have felt a disconnect from the campus
community and I believe not eating atthe cafeteria was a large part of that.
time were spent socializing in the caf. I remember having two hour long lunches
(when I meant for it to be a quick 30) because the conversation between friends
was too interesting to leave. At a school with a tendency towards stress
culture, where there are days when spending time on anything deemed ‘unproductive’
is seen as wasteful, meals were a necessary task that could also be a pleasant one.
It was a time to destress, to commiserate, to laugh, and yes to eat. There were
Saturday morning brunches where a clear majority of students were hungover,
and exam week breakfasts where the amount of books on the table
outweighed the amount of food. The caf provided a commonality in the narratives
of K students.As an upperclassmen I have felt a disconnect from the campus
community and I believe not eating atthe cafeteria was a large part of that.
Questions
1. What’s the relationship between food and community?
2. What are some examples of building community through food?
3. How can we nourish our community through food?
I want to talk with you all about how food has helped shape our community
at K. So please brainstorm some stories you would like to share before
class on Wednesday!
at K. So please brainstorm some stories you would like to share before
class on Wednesday!
1. I think there has been an important connection between food and the community for hundreds if not thousands of years. This special connection has been becoming thinner and thinner as our society has moved away from viewing their community as an essential aspect of their lives. Without food a community is weak and unstable. I think it is essential for a community to value as well as grow its own food production. As a society we must realize that we will soon need to rely on our own community for food production as food sources diminish and toxic chemical use increases.
ReplyDelete2. I am a Kalamazoo local. One example I can think of when it comes to building a community through food is our local farmers markets. Each year beginning in June the farmers markets begin to open and our community comes together. I love going to the farmers market on Saturday mornings and seeing so many members of our community becoming a part of our local food system.
3. After watching the movie for class, I can say that the best way to nourish our community through food is to give back to our local soil and help move toward organic food production in Kalamazoo and surrounding areas. If we can nourish our soil and through this nourishment, nourish the food we grow, we will create a cycle in which our own bodies will become nourished thereby, also nourishing the communities we are a part of.
1. I personally find it so interesting that we are driven by this natural force to eat together. I too, hate eating alone, something I’ve had to get somewhat used to since coming to college. My parents though, used to change their whole eating schedules around depending on my schedule so that we could eat as a family. And I’m just now realizing how lucky I am for that. If you think about it, it doesn’t really make any sense why humans evolved that way, it seems like we just did. However, I sort of get it. If you think of a meal as this communion between two different living species, then it makes sense to make it a ceremonial event. And maybe it was this very same social aspect that was so needed to keep humans functioning at their best. Nadine Burke’s quote was interesting to me.. I love this idea of food as “sacred family time,” although I can’t help feel like it comes off as a little exclusive. Maybe a better term would be “sacred kin time.”I think my ultimate “sharing food model,” comes from my host mom in Chile. I’m never going to forget this because she told me so many times- “Where one can eat, everyone can eat.” So whenever I wanted to have a friend over for a meal, all we had to do was show up and she would make it work. If we truly are what we eat, of course having people share their food with us would be seen as the most treasured gift possible.
ReplyDelete2. I think this concept also touches a lot on the idea of food as culture, and how when you visit somewhere, so much of your travels and the way you interact with a place are based around dipping your feet in the local food scene. Also, I feel like part of being a college student is whipping up a quick batch of pasta or ramen at least once a week, just to really embody that feeling of “ah yes, college.” The It matters family dinner Ad made me crack up because while I don’t believe any of those facts are untrue, I feel like a big part of it is due to the fact that when I sit down and eat a meal with other people, chances are I’m going to be sitting there up to 3 or 4 times longer than if I’m eating alone. In Italy, our holidays literally consist of sitting down at the table from 12 to 4ish, and then cleaning up and beginning to prepare for the next meal which starts around 6pm. I mean, OFCOURSE teens will have less time to get into fights, drink and smoke. I love this quote from the last section you wrote, “It was a time to destress, to commiserate, to laugh, and yes to eat.” Unlike Michael Pollin, I’d definitely say I’m more likely to overeat when eating with others, but it’s mostly because of the pure amount of time I’m sitting in front of food. Finally, I believe one place this intersection of eating and building community can be somewhat counterproductive is when using food as fuel, which many people who have tried taking health into their own hands do, and have had tensions rise. For my SIP, I interviewed an array of people that have tried all sorts of diets- one of them currently being a carnivore with no plans to add other foods into their diet anytime soon. Something I’ll never forget was this overall sensation of being noticed for the food choices we make when sitting down to eat with someone and then being judged, even if not overtly. I think it’s interesting that wanting to take care of our bodies, for some in the best way they know how, can come head to head with this idea of sharing meals. For some, it may be much more simple just to separate that part of their lives.
3. The ability to share meals is still very much an indicator of social class- the family whose mother works three jobs just to keep them afloat and kids are stuck in afterschool programs until late will not be able to make a meal and cook together. And because so much of social development for children happens during this sacred time, this is yet another example of the ways in which systemic oppression keeps the lower class down. This is still a class-related privilege whether it’s advocated for or not. This idea of nourishing a community through food is also so interesting because it makes me do a double take on the whole sector of non-profits that provide food for those who are food insecure. Shouldn’t we be providing them with a community with which to share that food as well?
ReplyDelete1. As you mentioned, there has seemly always been a relationship between food and community. Events, holidays, and celebrations are always marked with preparing and sharing a meal. As we have started prioritizing other things over mealtime, such as school and work, this sense of community that was so ingrained in mealtime is dying. I too feel as an upperclassman a loss of connection with the Kalamazoo College community because I am not in the caf anymore.
ReplyDelete2. Community gardens, farmers markets, potlucks, block parties, and holidays are what immediately come to mind. As any student who has planned an event on campus can attest, food brings people out and connecting with others. Within my life, my family was the center for parties and they were almost always potluck style. Reflecting now that we have moved and those are not as frequent, I am so grateful for those events and the connections I made.
3. I struggle with this question because each community is so unique that it will be nourished in a different way from another. When implementing programs, we need to be conscious of the fact the communities know what they need best and to ask them explicitly how they believe they would best be nourished. Some communities may benefit from learning backyard farming practices while other may want to be educated on how to best provide for their family with their current resources.
It's very hard to reconnect yourself to the dining habits you might have had, say, before you moved out and starting living on your own (even "on your own" as in "renting with several people"). Especially during our undergraduate years, it is hard for us, alone and with no other motivators, to choose to maintain (or establish) the habits necessary to preserve such important customs as mealtime, which is essentially a brief "rest" from other things and a time to be with loved ones. Because we feel that our workload is so great, for example, we find it hard to create the barriers between worktime and rest-time that are natural and part of all of our cultures, even though it is possible for all of us to do so.
ReplyDeleteOne way to solve this might be by making use of that resource we always, to some extent, have: family. After all, our family unit was most likely the binding force that kept our meals together as a separate, special time, if we had such mealtime customs. Perhaps, for instance, we could have a phone call with a family member, or something similar, when we would otherwise have to eat alone?
1.) During celebrations members of communities often come together to share meals. Within these experiences, people make connections with each other, share stories, and bond over the necessary human act of 'eating'. While it is certainly possible to eat meals alone, the shared and communal act of eating together allows food to take on a different role. It is not only necessary for the nourishment of the body but it extends beyond and becomes a stage on which intimate human connections are allowed to take place.
ReplyDelete2.) Holiday and celebratory meals are clear examples of building community through food. But also, the casual invitation of a friend to dinner can create a different sense of relationship between individuals. To this extent, I am left wondering if food creates community when it is shared even if community building is not the explicit intention?.
3.) While its a radical idea, I have heard (marxist) theories that promote public eating spaces and dining halls for the public. If there were places like this, with decently prepared food, where you did not have to 'pay' to get in, I wonder what sorts of communal relationships would be able to be built. People would be able to share meals together without the socio-economic barriers that divide people to eat in different restaurants or force people to eat different sorts of foods in their private homes. It seems like an equalizer of sorts to be eating in a space like this with your neighbors, but also, it is pretty idealistic and could pan out much differently in reality.
1. To me, the relationship between food and community is the relationship of people to not only other communities of people, but communities of plants and animals as well. When we eat, we consume energy, we share the collective interface that sustains all living beings in one way or another. I do not mean to sound woowoo, however, I often think about this when I have a whole meal in front of me. What are the various origins of what I am eating? And how it got in front of me? Then again, I only think about these things when I am eating alone. When I am with my friends or family, I often catch up. Take a moment to breathe, and relax. Take a moment to to sustain and build up the relationships with the people who’s interpersonal relationships I value. My community feeds my soul, my entity, my innards and the food is there to give me sustenance to remember the people and things that matter the most.
ReplyDelete2. Some examples of building community through food that I think of in my immediate vicinity is the intercultural centers “Food for Soul”. Another thing I think about is the summer food lunch program for children 1-18 called “Meet Up and Eat Up”. “Meet Up and Eat Up” provides free lunches for kids in the Kalamazoo community when school is out, it even feeds adults/ parents for $1. I shared many meals with kids and their parents throughout the summer at the “Meet Up and Eat Up” program.
3. I do appreciate the openness of these questions, thank you! I can go on about this question in two different ways. One way of looking at it is to examine the ways that food nourishes our body on a scientific level. Or we could look at the way it helps grow the communities relationship with…. The community.
1. Food naturally provides a common thing for people to discuss--we all eat it, we all have different tastes, preferences, food backgrounds, and it makes it an easy entry point for conversation with people (whether we know them or not!). It also can literally force people to stay in the same space for a time--like with cafeterias or even family dinners.
ReplyDelete2. I answered some of this in the previous question, but reflecting on my status as a transfer student to K, I realized that I automatically had an additional "barrier" to the K community because I had only visited the cafeteria a handful of times (for transfer orientation). So when everyone complained about the caf/caf food, I couldn't join in, and I realized I missed out on one of the easier ways to build connections and community at K. Unlike K, my previous college had an open lunchroom where everyone went to go sit--even if you brought your lunch. This cafeteria became a main hub for me to get to know some of the people in my program, and we shared lunches together, bonding over classwork and all the other topics that came up. It provided an open atmosphere, and because many people also pass through the cafeteria on their way to other places, it made it a great place to bump into people you may know from elsewhere.
3. We can literally feed people to nourish our community, and having large open community meals can open this up, yet from my experience with large, free-to-the-public meals, people don't often intermix unless forced to share a table with a stranger. Instead, I think the culture of inviting people over to share a meal, whether friends or acquaintances, provides a small slice of community that nourishes both bodies and strengthens community.
1. It’s funny for me to think about this in a way because I actually really like eating alone. I like thinking about exactly what I want to eat and then cooking it for myself while I listen to music that I like and then eating it slowly and enjoying it while reading a book that I like. I like thinking about my food and where it all came from and savoring the process of eating without having to make conversation with another person. I kind of miss eating alone at this point in my life when I’m living with someone and sharing most of my meals with him. But I also like just being alone in general so I guess it’s an extension of that. But I also think about all of the gatherings I participate in where food is present—even at K there is food at faculty meetings and food at all kinds of other meetings and I try to bring snacks to Writing Center meetings because . . . I don’t know, it’s just nice. And I guess I also don’t want anyone to be hungry during meetings if they haven’t had time to eat prior.
ReplyDelete2. When I was an undergrad, we used to have spaghetti dinners in the basement of our dorm, which had a big open room with a kitchen in one corner and tables and couches. These dinners were always open to anyone and they started by someone on our floor proclaiming that they were going to make spaghetti and then someone else would say, “okay, I’ll bring the sauce” and the word would spread from person to person down the hall. Each person who joined the dinner would bring something to share, so we’d end up with a full meal with garlic bread and cheese and drinks and cheesecake for dessert (probably homemade by my friend Alison). We always ended up with enough food that any random person walking through the basement got invited to eat. I remember those dinners as some of the best times of my college years and I met some people during them that ended up being good friends—people who showed up because a friend of a friend had invited them. There’s something about preparing food together and then eating together that makes it easier to form relationships. I’m not sure why, exactly, but maybe there’s something instinctual about it—that the act of preparing and sharing food triggers a sense of community?
3. How can we nourish our community through food? First, I think that we need to make sure that everyone in our community has food, has tasty food, and has enough of it. And we need to build that food sovereignty in a way that empowers people to have agency over what kind of food they have and where it comes from.
1) Honestly the only example of a community completely without food that I can think of is the various online communities that exist within niche groups of like-minded people. What makes these kinds of communities different from physical, locational communities that can gather and share food is the similarity in interests. Whereas online communities can form over an overarching shared interest, other communities can use food as a way to find common ground amongst diverse individuals (think like a neighborhood block party/pot luck). Food can form interpersonal connections as well as if not better than any shared interest or trait, and it does so amongst a wide range of people.
ReplyDelete2) I used the example of the block party above, but it can be any event or gathering, from family reunions, weddings, and holiday gatherings to religious events, fundraisers, and social networking events. Think of any event and there will most likely be some kind of food or drink involved from light snacks to full-on meals.
3) I'm pretty sure that this has already been said, but I'm going to repeat it because I believe in its importance: communities know the best way to nourish themselves. It is important to know which communities we belong to and to listen to our community members when they share their food knowledges with us. However, we are all parts of many communities, so we all offer a unique insight from our own experiences within many different communities that we need to share within our communities. It is this giving and taking of knowledge, this collective effort, that helps our communities remain vibrant and nourished.
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ReplyDelete1) Food brings people together and it certainly tastes better when shared with the person that you love. I think that food is an integral part of the community. Food that is grown regionally in a specific area especially gathers local families and friends around to cherish this common culture that they share. Without food, families and friends would become further apart. Without food, culture would not exist. Food is made and shared with love.
ReplyDelete2) I think when it comes to building community through food, this process of preparing, cooking, and eating the food is a very intimate relationship that ties to our cultural identity. One example that I could think of is that depending on the different holidays on the lunar calendar, my grandma would always make these very unique dishes that are prepared in a very specific way. I remember going to the market with my grandma, seeing the friendly faces of my neighbors and friends that grew up with me. I believe that these little interactions with food among families and friends is the foundation to building a healthy community.
3) I think that we nourish our community by sharing food with our loved ones. It’s also just as important to maintain a deep appreciation of where our food comes from and not to take it for granted. Sharing a meal with someone is a sacred act. It takes a lot of work for someone to prepare delicious food. I think that when we respect our food and be thankful of how it nourishes our bodies, as well as everything else it brings and teaches us how to love one another. This gratitude guides us nourish our community through food. It also develops this humbleness that guides us not to only take, but to return our love and appreciation for the soil.
1.When I think of food as community, I think of how it is not acknowledged as much until it is not there. For instance, my mom made me food every day, so that when I’d come home from school I could eat something warm, made at home, and nutritious (What we consider nutritious). It was not until college that I did not have meals made by my mother that I realized how much love goes into making food for those you love and appreciate. Not everyone has that, and so what does it mean to not have that dinner American TV shows and films show where dinner is served at a specific time and everyone talks about their day? This doesn’t mean there is not love and care, but it also means that having food be part of community making is a luxury.
ReplyDelete2. When I think of food as community, in the space of Kalamazoo College, I think of Afro Fiesta Desi Soul (AFDS). While there is a lot of misunderstanding/miscommunication that it is solely about food when it isn’t, but it is a huge part of the event. The reason why this comes to mind is because one of the reasons all the organizations of color work together to make it happen is to share with each other our cultures and experiences within the college’s space. It feels great to eat while also engaging with people you don’t know and build friendships within those spaces. For us what hurts is when people disrupt that space and exclaim things like “this is so disgusting,” “this is too seasoned,” etc. because its an insult to us, what we love, what reminds us of home, and also dining services who work so hard to make it taste as close as possible to what we want. That is one instance in which I can see food and community coming together and aid us in building friendships with people. I also think of how LSO makes a winter break day dinner for students who are unable to go home and how great it is to make food with each other even more so than eating it. I also think of Food For the Soul hosted by Natalia Carvalho-Pinto and how she orders food from locally owned places and women of color to feed students of color every week because for some of us the caf is not a place we can engage in.
3. Food as a builder for community, in my opinion, is cool but also it’s important to think about ways in which we can work on community specifically in order for food to actually do something. For instance, how can we make sure that people of different cultures feel comfortable eating because across the world we have different ways of doing so, some people eat with something other than a fork or spoon, other with their hands, etc. and so how can we welcome them so that they do not feel as though they are being judged. Another thing I think about is people with eating disorders or other problems that might feel judged eating in front of people. So for me while food is important and creates community, it is also about doing more than feeding in order to strengthen that community and engaging in something transformative.
1. What’s the relationship between food and community?
ReplyDeleteFor me, there has always been a strong relationship between food and community. Growing up in/around an intentional community, I would often eat with a whole room full of other people and our conversations would (and still do) frequently become hours longer than anticipated. It has been a wonderful way to get to know new people or better know people I already know/love. Now that I work as a cook in that same community, I have a whole new relationship to cooking. I love my job and experimenting with food has been such a joy, and it shows in the gratitude that people express to me and other staff members when the meal comes out.
2. What are some examples of building community through food?
I have had so many wonderful examples of how to build community through food. As Yuri shared, it was not until I came to college and started preparing food for myself that I really realized how much love and time my mom took to prepare food for our family every day. As a caretaker, I can hardly imagine how she had the time to consistently nourish us, but she always says that cooking is something she loves and deeply enjoys doing. I have seen that love through her mother as well, who always provided beautiful meals for our family; through my other grandmother, who would constantly bake bread; or through my dad who would make brunch on the weekends when I was young.
3. How can we nourish our community through food?
In my life, I have found that it is important for me to make and share food with family and friends (though I wish I did it even more in college). I have also learned that it is important to encourage loved ones to eat to their comfort zone. People have different needs around food and I think it is really important to make meals a comfortable, nonjudging space, especially for folks who might have eating disorders or other food insecurities.
Yay food! Thanks for your reflection.
1. What’s the relationship between food and community?
ReplyDeleteFor me, food has always been a community builder. When I was younger, my community mainly revolved around my family. Growing up, it was hard to get a lot of time together with my dad working day shifts and my mom working night shifts. Often times we would have to work within a small time window from 5-7pm where neither of my parents were at work. We always made an effort to eat together. Beyond my immediate family, we frequently shared meals with our chosen family. At least once a week we would go to dinner with friends or host a dinner party at one of our houses. As I have gotten older and moved out of the house, the role that food plays in community building has not changed for me. Whether I was eating at the cat or am sitting down at my dining room table to eat, these times are made by the people I am surrounded by.
2. What are some examples of building community through food?
For me, food is generally a community builder. Yet, I see this happening on various scales. Interpersonally, friends and family share meals together. They gather to talk and tell stories. This time has always been special to me. On a larger scale, communities can come together to organize CSAs or community gardens. Sharing a food source brings people together. On a city-wide scale, efforts can be made to support local growers and restaurants. I think about the community that surrounds the farmers market here in town. People from all over the Kalamazoo area come together to sell, buy, and enjoy food together!
3. How can we nourish our community through food?
Food nourishes everyone, whether they are food secure or not. We should work especially hard to make sure that those who are food insecure in our communities have access to nourishing food. One thing that we have tried to do with FRN is make a fridge or locker system where some of the food that we recover from the cafeteria can be distributed to students who are food insecure. In working towards this, we have been met with resistance from Dining Services. They are concerned about singling out those who cannot afford food or meal plans, they are also worried that this system would be abused and Dining Services would lose money.
1. The relationship between food and community for me has always been about sharing and being together. If someone went to the market in my apartment complex, people would always bring back a bag of oranges, some bread, or some other groceries for a resident or another. This was really beautiful as thinking about people when you think about feeding yourself means that you are thinking about everyone eating. ONe of my favorite parts of being home was walking by the open windows of my neighbors units, smelling good food and later have people bring me a plate of whatever smelled delicious. Many times when my mom would be working late, I ate many a meal due to the community I had around me.
ReplyDelete2. I shared a story up there! Some other examples are the ways in which people do snack times to replenish energy to keep playing together or potlucks that are culturally specific and encourage sharing each others knowledges.
3. i think that we can nourish community by consuming, planting, and reaping together. By doing everything together we can build community as we interact with the world and get closer as we also develop a relationship with the land.