What's The Deal With Your Meal? Part I
How Much Does Your Meal Cost The Environment? Conscious Consuming Have you ever thought about what it takes to make the pizza you just ordered, or how far the apple you’re eating has traveled? We often take for granted how readily available our food is to us, and don't stop to think about where our food comes from or what impacts our food can have on the environment. I bet if you stopped and listed out every simple component of one meal you had today, spices and all, you'd be surprised how many different places those components came from. My Meal Let's take a deep dive into what I had for dinner last night, loaded nachos! I'll list each item of the dish individually, so that we take into account every single environmental transaction we made just by eating this. Loaded Nacho Ingredients Tortilla Chips Masa Corn Water Salt Pepper Vegtable Oil ...