Food Consciousness Blog

Where did my food come from??

Well, before I figure out where my food came from I need to list out what I've eaten. For breakfast, I ate a fruit cup, and drank two cups of coffee with soy creamer and one cup of herbal tea. For lunch, I had leftover spaghetti from last night's dinner and drank a bottle of water.

I'm sure my fruit cup came from some Dole food processing plant, which most likely processes and packages bruised fruit that is not good enough to sell in the grocery store. My coffee, which was a Starbucks espresso roast, probably came from somewhere outside of the US, where Starbucks in growing coffee beans for cheap. As for my herbal tea, I have no clue where that came from.

As mentioned earlier, my leftover spaghetti was from last night's dinner. The sauce was a homemade sauce made from canned tomato paste and a variety of fresh vegetables. The vegetables, purchased through Major Market, were most likely locally grown, seeing as Major Market normally favors local farmers. We also had some ground up hot sausage mixed in with our sauce, which Major Market makes with locally raised beef.

My bottle water came from Costco, so it's probably just filtered tap water.

It is definitely a bit scary to realize that I rarely stop and think where my food is coming from before I consume it :(