Our full humanity is contingent on our hospitality; we can be complete only when we are giving something away; when we sit at the table and pass the peas to the person next to us we see that person in a whole new way.
Alice WatersRead
I am disappointed because nobody is talking about food and agriculture. They're talking about the diets of children, but they're talking about Band-Aids. We're not seeing a vision.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote expresses concern over superficial discussions about children's diets rather than addressing the deeper issues in food and agriculture.
Alice Waters highlights her disappointment in the lack of a substantive conversation surrounding food and agriculture. She emphasizes that the focus on children's diets is superficial, akin to applying Band-Aids on deeper problems, and calls for a more visionary approach to addressing the systemic issues in food production and consumption.
Themes
FoodAgricultureDietsHealthChildren
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about childhood nutrition, one might say, 'As Alice Waters pointed out, we must address systemic issues rather than just focusing on Band-Aids for children's diets.'
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I believe there should be breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack, all for free and for every child that goes to school. And all food that is good, clean and fair.
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I believe that every child in this world needs to have a relationship with the land...to know how to nourish themselves...and to know how to connect with the community around them.
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We eat every day, and if we do it in a way that doesn't recognize value, it's contributing to the destruction of our culture and of agriculture. But if it's done with a focus and care, it can be a wonderful thing. It changes the quality of your life.
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We need to have a course in school that teaches about ecology and gastronomy. I could imagine that all children could eat at school for free and that the cafeteria would become part of the school's curriculum.
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