Food Philosophy -1

Shabnam K Rafik
Sep 25, 2019
2 min read

Updated: Apr 12, 2020

Food is the third most important thing for living beings after air and water. It plays a vital role in all our lives satisfying our hunger and provides energy for day to day living.

Food phylosophy-1| for the love of food | wixpic

What is Food??

“Something that people and animals eat, or plants absorb, to keep them alive: “

- Dictionary Cambridge (n)

“Any nourishing substance that is eaten, drunk, or otherwise taken into the body to sustain life, provide energy, promote growth, etc.”

- Dictionary.com

Two important features of food are: -

It should be ‘Edible’.
It must nourish the body.

What are the sources of food?

All of the food we eat comes from either directly from plants or by those animals used as food sources which are picked up by feeding food from plants. The processed food we eat in our days is a combination of various ingredients that are sourced from either plants or animals. Some foods are indirectly obtained from animal or plant sources such as edible fungi, especially mushrooms. Fungi and ambient bacteria are used in the preparation of fermented and pickled foods like leavened bread, pickles, alcoholic drinks, cheese, etc. Blue-green algae such as Spirulina is also another example. Inorganic substances such as baking soda, salt, and tartar cream are used to preserve or chemically convert a component.

Source of Food | For the love of food |Different types of sources derived directly or indirectly by plants or animal. — Source of Food - @fortheloveofoods.com

What are the methods humans secured their food?

Methods humans secured their food | For the love of food — Methods humans secured their food

Humans secured their food by several methods as mentioned above.

Agriculture, Hunting, Gathering is a historic method of securing food. Whereas, Horticulture (the art or practice of garden cultivation and management) and Pastoralism (keeping domestic herbivores) was the latter method experienced after the Ice Age.