A new food manifesto

As the local food movement takes shape as the largest social movement of our time, writer Carolyn Steel suggests that the issues surrounding food are political, social, emotional, psychological, ecological and economic. In this article, she suggests that "we need a new food manifesto—one that enables us to start thinking not just about food but through it. We need to understand how profoundly food affects every aspect of our lives, depending on the way it’s produced, transported, bought and sold, cooked, eaten and wasted." Food is sociability, connectivity, identity, seasonality, family, craftsmanship, love.