so suggested that i practice gratitude to improve my digestion and i gotta say it’s really hard to thank every person involved in bringing a given piece of food to me b/c there are just so many. farmers, truck drivers, whoever made the highway system happen
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whoever founded whole foods, whoever stocked the shelves, the cashier, arguably various people involved in inventing farm equipment and pesticides and probably lots of other aspects of agriculture and the food supply chain idk about
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might buy local food to reduce the number of people i have to thank to eat it properly
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has anyone made a documentary or something tracking the life cycle of a single apple as it goes from being a seed to passing through the entire food supply chain, into someone’s mouth, then pooped out and tracked through the entire sewage system
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You can just use a cheat code like ‘blah blah blah, no matter how seemingly remote their connection’ - or the non-verbal equivalent thereof
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ah yes the speedrunning option
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Bahaha, this post is pure gold! 5-20 seconds of gratitude. If I find the tea ceremony research I’ll post it later but this is one example.
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that was Dwight Eisenhower but it happened to the benefit of those who white flighted into the suburbs and detriment to inner city development
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I mean wow even the people who made the refrigerators, the point of sale software, the uniforms to clothe the shop workers, the components of your transportation vehicle, all of the packaging to keep stuff fresh wow
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The ancestors that discovered the first edible wild foods and domesticated them and bred them to be more suitable
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