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An Economy of Care

It Starts with Food

John Schwenkler | David Cloutier

What does it really mean to care about what one eats? Many Americans are obsessed with their diets, but not many—certainly not as many—seem to know much about the country’s food economy: where their own food comes from, how it gets to them, and what happens to it before they put it in their grocery cart. If people knew more, would they care more? Would they eat differentl (...)


 

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John Schwenkler is a PhD candidate in philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley.

about the writer

David Cloutier is associate professor of theology at Mount St. Mary’s University.

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