Because of my upcoming assignment on organic food I visited the local Organic Fruit and Vegetable store in Upper Ferntree Gully. It was a real eye opener and has given me a lot more direction with my own personal ‘sustainable’ mindset. The owner of the store was extremely happy to talk about his store in detail such as the accreditation, how it is operated, customers and competitors. The idea was to simply get myself a little orientated in Organic produce as out gardening skills won’t produce food any time soon and I need to have some base knowledge of what it can look like, but it turned into a rather long discussion. It turns out my local organic produce store is that place to go for information on all sorts of environmental issues as many of the customers are into such issues and either talk or wasn’t to leave behind information, or links to communities of like-minded people. Other than some great links to permacultre and organic foods the proprietor explained how each of his produce items differed to the store bought in looks and treatment, allowing some taste testing too. It has been a good experience to have, I am sure everyone should know that an entire box of bananas should not look the same or so perfect. I have not eaten organic foods until today (on purpose) but surprisingly I think I am a little converted, although the wallet says no.
In terms of my ‘sustainable’ mindset I am a little worried about my own relationship with food and other people’s relationship with food. I hadn’t realised how uncomfortable I was with food, something which quite clearly should not be.
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