Is my meal a problem?
I think my meal is a problem in a lot of ways, mainly because of how the meal I had was delivered/transported to the restaurant I went to eat at and so forth. I say this because in the last post I wrote about how emissions are a big part of our environmental issues, and even such things as delivering food to certain places increases the threat of high emissions more and more. Moreover, I believe the needs for an alternative system are at a higher need then ever before because of how much we depend on trains and trucks to deliver ingredients and food on a everyday basis.
I think the most important issues that need to be handled on a national scale would be to buy more produce and ingredients from local farmers and stores. Not only would that help reduce emissions from transportation, but it would also help ease the price differences around each county/state region. If we could start there, it wold slowly but surely make a big difference on a national scale and maybe even a global scale as well (over time).
On a local scale, besides buying from local farmers and stores, I think there needs to be a limit on what who can buy and how much who can buy. That would help reduce extra waste and maybe even if these local stores had extras, they could give them to people in need. It would be a win win for almost all parties involved. Realistically, this scenario is far-fetched, but that doesn't mean there isn't any steps that could help push it in the right direction.
As far as households go, I think this is maybe one of the biggest deal breakers in all of this because us people are the demand. We demand more and more of whatever we want, which in the end makes producers make more and transport more in order to keep up with the demand. It's a never ending circle we go through and there's no simple solution to fix it. However, if we could start maybe growing our own food and reducing the "wants" from the "needs" we might be off to a great start.
