Food Industry

Last Modified: Dec 13, 2024

I think about food and the culture around it a lot. In 2024 I became interested in Ultra Processed Foods.

The thoughts that I have relate to:

• People who can't afford to make food from scratch are shamed for it (afford: time, money, energy)
• That some people get to have the real food and other people settle for the repreesntation of it.
• The Chorleywood Method has deeply obfuscated what people think 'real bread' is.
• How many people would stop buying Coca-Cola if we showed them how to make their own fizzy drinks at home, using kombucha and ginger bugs?

So far, I've written a poem called Labrador, which expresses some of my feelings about processed food. But to be honest, it's such a huge area that feels so inflammatory, and I'm never sure where to start making creative things from it. I feel awkward talking about Chorleywood because nearly everyone has a loaf of Chorleywood in their kitchen. And it becomes yet another thing for people to feel they're supposed to be guilty about.