Introduction

The way we are eating is broadly changing. We now understand that our food system is a reflection of our culture, one that in some cases is in desperate need of continued progress. There is a large-scale rollback of some of the practices we have become comfortable with in the last couple decades. Cooks, teachers, health-care workers, political representatives, and even large organizations are accepting that their ideas of how people should be fed and how we should care for our lands are increasingly out of sync with the changing conversation. I believe that anyone digging in their heels to protect the old mentality is in for a surprise.