Eco Youths Network UgandaPeople are fed by the food industry, which pays no attention to health, and are treated by the health industry, which pays no attention to food.
>>Who are we supposed to blame?
Dr. Doro (she/her)@econetwork We should blame the government because they have the power to regulate both!
@ditsch42 Maybe the government has enough power… but the reality is, people are the ones suffering while everyone points somewhere else! 🤔
@econetwork Ok, probably the better answer for your approach is: Just grow your own healthy food 😁
But I'm really glad that in the European Union and in Germany there are a lot of rules about food. Many things you're not allowed to sell and everything has to have a clear list of ingredients and nutrients, and indication of origin.
But I'm really glad that in the European Union and in Germany there are a lot of rules about food. Many things you're not allowed to sell and everything has to have a clear list of ingredients and nutrients, and indication of origin.
@ditsch42 Yes, we understand. Growing our own food and having stronger food regulations can go hand in hand.
Thank you for sharing your perspective💪
Olaf KockProblem is: (German) Government has outsourced their nutritional advice to DGE, whom I have a lot to say about: Some sarcastic, some in disbelief, some snarky. None good.
A good org to allocate blame to though, to stay close to the opener of this thread...
DE: https://butterbei.de/de/tags/dge/
EN: https://butterbei.de/en/tags/dge/
@ButterBeiDieFische
Petra van Cronenburg@econetwork I think it's a mixture and depends on where/how you live. The food industry acts for maximum profit, they are not an ethical entity. We could blame turbocapitalism which is too abstract for change. The possibility are also strong regulations for ecology and health, so we have to blame politicians and governments if they don't act - and us if voting for these (if we live in a democracy with the right to vote and choice). And of course we can blame us, the consumers, but now it becomes
@econetwork complicated. For acting here, we need the knowledge about bad acts of industry (= independent media), the education about healthy and good food (starting in school but also for adults), and the possibility to buy differently (depends on poverty, regional choice, deoendance on shop systems etc) or forms of decentralised, local opportunities to produce your own food.
You know better than me, how complicated this alone can be!
As we need to start small, I think that your method of edu-
You know better than me, how complicated this alone can be!
As we need to start small, I think that your method of edu-
@econetwork -cation + producing with a community is the best start because you don't have to wait for the "big systems" and can feel agency. And people who start like this, will know the questions to politics much better than anyone sitting at home and doing nothing than to blame others.
My curious question: do you feel agency with your project and that it changes situations locally for the people? Or do you feel more like a minority in your country hitting too many walls??
My curious question: do you feel agency with your project and that it changes situations locally for the people? Or do you feel more like a minority in your country hitting too many walls??
@NatureMC Thank you for this thoughtful question. To be honest, it is both. We do feel agency because we can see some positive changes locally through our project, especially when people start learning, growing food, and working together.
At the same time, we still face many challenges and limited resources, and sometimes it feels like we are a small group facing big systems.
But every small step and positive impact gives us more motivation to continue.💪
Blaming is one thing, Who's in control to change this is another: Everybody has agency...
...Unfortunately changing anything requires information and knowledge, and that's yet another level of control and blame to attribute.
@olafk Ohh, you are right. Power really belongs to the people the ones who can actively shape and improve their communities. (No one to blame if power belongs to us)
What we are doing here might look like a small step, but if more organizations do the same, it can grow into something bigger. It can inspire more people to get involved, and together it would create a much stronger impact.
@econetwork Power requires knowledge though - and not making that knowledge available broadly is something to blame someone for.
I'm collecting my findings, experiments and view on this topic with my Alter Ego @ButterBeiDieFische, on https://butterbei.de/ - would be interested in related aspects from your side of the world.
The site started as metabolic glucose/insulin simulator, but the blog section broadened the scope tremendously to anything remotely related to food
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Explore the Simulation See how meals, insulin sensitivity, and fasting glucose interact — without a lab. Pick a metabolic profile, eat a meal, and watch the curve react in real time.Open Simulator Featured Schrödinger’s Food A staple food, most people can hardly imagine doing without them. Yet depending on whether they are eaten by humans or fed to animals, they are credited with diametrically opposite properties: Grains
Aedius Filmania ⚙️🎮🖊️I think the health industry pay a lot of attention to say nothing about food to get more customers.
@Aedius Definitely, that is what even more people here think and it should be a reality!😞🥺