Food is something we all need to survive yet often times it is more than just that. Food is a way to connect with our heritage, to celebrate, and to relive memories. Certain foods bring back a thousand memories while others are simply repulsing. Whether it be cinnamon buns or chocolate cake, we all have a food that is our favorite. When someone asks us to give a description of ourselves, favorite foods are used to describe who we are. Food can change a bad day, food can be the highlight of your day. Food is awesome. I would say Canadians are mostly local food consumers because 75-80% of my diet was foods that are produced or grown in Canada. Most of the grains and wheat we consume is grown in Canada along with cheeses and some vegetables. Imported or global foods would include some fruits and fresh vegetables. For example, the banana I eat everyday is imported from Guatemala. Also, the celery and carrots which I eat as a daily snack were imported from California. However, some Canadians may be mainly global consumers because they eat traditional foods that are imported to Canada from other countries. I do consume a lot of South Asian food myself but the majority of the ingredients are grown or produced in Canada such as lentils and beans. Some exceptions would be the spices such as Garam Masala or Turmeric which are imported from India. Considering my own diet and generalizing it for most Canadians, I would say it is not really a concern because the majority of foods I consume are Canadian. However, I would add that I am a vegetarian, and perhaps the percentage of food grown or produced in Canada would vary significantly for someone who is not a vegetarian or vegan. Some of the meats in the grocery store are imported from t... ... middle of paper ... ... and what kind of a lifestyle I believe is healthy. In other instances however, food does mold who I am. As explained above I, often cook fusion foods which reflect my Indian heritage within North American foods. The type of food I buy also molds who I am. Again I consider myself fairly health conscious and therefore when at the grocery store I try to make wise choices by reading labels because being aware of what is going into your body is important to me. I consider myself a conscious and aware consumer, therefore food does mold me. Works Cited 1 Turner, Chris. “The Farms Are Not Alright.” TheWalrus.ca. The Walrus News, Oct. 2011. Web. 20 May. 2014. 2 Fraser, Evan. “How to Feed Nine Billion.” TheWalrus.ca. The Walrus News, Dec. 2012. Web. 20 May. 2014. 3 Chapman, Sasha. “Manufacturing Taste.” TheWalrus.ca. The Walrus News, Sept 2012. Web. 20 May. 2014.
As labeled on the estimated daily calorie needs for adults chart, I am an active man under the group age of 19-30 years old. As per mentioned on the chart I need 3000 calories per day to remain healthy. After looking at Canada’s food guide, I became aware about the recommended number of food guide servings per day for various age groups.
Carol’s food choices did not reflect the six Directive Statements in Canada’s Food Guide to Healthy Eating as well as they should have. The first Directive Statement is to “enjoy a variety of foo...
Food influences us in many ways. These ways include food as nutrition, how we see nature, in our culture, it is a social good, it is a source of inspiration in an artful way, food is a primordial desire, and food influences our spirituality. Food is a substance that derives from the environment in the form of plants, animals, or water. The primary function of food is to provide nourishment to an organism. It is a basic necessity that all humans want and need in order to live. Food has an intrinsic value separate from its instrumental value to satisfy human needs. Food has a significant impact on a culture. Each society determines what is food, what is acceptable to eat, and when certain things are consumed. Food is the object of hunger
Canada is known for being the country filled with all different type of people from all around the world. The community that I have chosen to look in depth is Canadian Chinese.
According to Hinduism, the religion most common in this country, believe that killing animals is inhumane and is unfair to the creature, thus there are not many meats that available for the people, except in some certain areas. Despite this fact, meat alternatives are very popular in India for these people being able to get protein and healthy fats while still being able to follow the guidelines of their religion. The prices of lentils, especially are cheap there as many poor and middle class families rely on these types of foods. Some examples of these types of lentils or culturally known as, daal, are moong, urad, masoor, and chana daal. Moreover, India is one of the major importers of lentils from Canada surprisingly, spending on average $1.1 billion dollars. As this Asian nation is already drowned in substantial amounts of debt, having many of its citizens buying all the lentils can ensure them that they are making profit of these foods. Thus, through the food guide, they want to encourage Indians to continue to buy this item buy making the protein a section of the food guide, rather than nothing or a very small portion. Moving on, in Canada, meat and alternatives are a small portion of the food guide because an individual does not need a lot of it to maintain a healthy body. Also, in many western countries like Canada, fast food meals have become very popular and are being eaten in enormous quantities, raising the number of obese, diabetic and individuals with heart related problems. Therefore, in the food guide it addresses Canadians to have small servings of meat when cooking themselves, to ensure that none or merely a few people are overeating
Canadians waste $31 billion of food every year, 47% wasted in the home*. The primary contributor to consumer food waste is high expectations—demand for high-quality, aesthetically-pleasing food is a key factor behind the volume of food waste occurring among consumers.* In North America, over 30 percent of fruits and vegetables are rejected by supermarkets because they aren 't attractive enough for consumers. (*According to the Cut Waste, Grow Profit 2014 report.)
Centeral Intelligance Agency. (2008, August 21). CIA World Fact Book: Canada. (C. I. Agancy, Producer) Retrieved September 11, 2008, from World Fact Book: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/ca.html
In Michael Pollan’s “The End of Cooking” shares the message of what we are losing something important in this day and age because of all our pre-made and processed foods. This can be compared with Kothari’s “If You Are What You Eat, What Am I?” and her argument that food is part of one’s own identity. By using the examples from these two texts you can analyze the state of food and culture in the United States today. All of the processed and pre-made foods are causing people all across America to lose their sense of Culture. We no longer know what it’s like to make one of our cultures specialty dishes from scratch which can help people identify with their culture. This process helped newer generations see what it was like for those before them to cook on a daily basis and could help them identify your sense of culture.
Finally, if the comparison were ever made a survey, it would really show the full scale of Americanization in Canada. But until now we can only see from the daily life, how American culture is inviting Canada. Today more then ever, Canadians are in real danger of loosing their national identity. It is unfortunate that if the study of this cultural influence will be done few years later, it might be too late to save Canadian culture and identity.
Food plays a very important role in every religion and culture. Good nutrition is a great symbol of healthy food/diet. In order to keep ourselves healthy, it is very important to watch what we are eating. Food habits come from parents, which later on developed according to the environment. Food is one of the ways where humans describe themselves as cultured. Food is the most significant segment of our lives. Different types of food explain verities of the belief that we have in all over the world. Ones’ food discipline and choice, tells about which culture/religion they belong to. Food, Religion,
First, Canada is being slowly 'Americanized'; in its social identity. When we talk about a country's social identity, we examine a few areas. First is the media, which is constantly bombarding Canadians with images and values of American culture. Through the images we see Americans constantly fighting, either in aspects of global policing in their own backyard with Americans killing Americans. Through situation comedies and news we Canadians are hit with a whole other value system not of our own, saying it's okay to fight to solve our differences. The second aspect of the social identity is sports. This is quite financially the one factor that affects everyone. Every Monday night during the summer and on Sundays, the Fox network broadcasts the NFL. How many Canadians would rather watch the Tiger Cats and Argos battle, when they can watch the Denver Broncos and New England Patriots play some football and then to watch the cheerleaders? All of them, practically. In summary, this apparent coca-colonization of the Canadian social identity is on the uprise of one specific medium, the medium.
Everywhere around us is our heritage. Our government, language, customs and habits, music, books and a wide variety of scientific inventions are gifts to us from our ancestors who lived in Canada. But, the influence of our heritage has been shaped by the influence of United States and many other nations. The histories of these nations have helped us become the country that it is today. Everyone living in Canada is lucky to have a great country, without many problems. I think, it is not hard to say that everyone is proud Canadian.
According to Food Secure Canada, food sovereignty is “the right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define their own food and agriculture systems” (Nyéléni Village, Sélingué, Mali, 2007). Food sovereignty prioritizes local and national economies/markets and empowers local producers (Nyéléni Village, Sélingué, Mali, 2007). It promotes transparency in trade that assures fair pay to all parties and the rights of consumers to control their food and nutrition (Nyéléni Village, Sélingué, Mali, 2007). Improving food literacy through school curriculum and programs can enhance the general public's awareness and understanding of the food system and its injustices. In addition, communities may use the school to….?
McKibben, Bill. " The Only Way to Have a Cow." Orion Magazine. Journal Article, Mar.-Apr. 2010.