Environmental Issues

Every time we fork through a halibut steak, sip a hot cup of coffee, or nibble on a fresh-baked loaf of bread we transform the natural world. For most Americans, however, this fact remains obscured by the astonishing efficiency of modern food production, distribution, and marketing systems, all of which hide the environmental changes wrought by our food choices. In supermarkets, retail stores, and restaurants, the environment from which food emerges exists solely as a simplified advertising gimmick, if it exists at all.