Bread

I'm a bread baker, and a bread lover, and a food lover, and a food grower, and a cook. Good food/ good life is very important to me, that means all of it; from germination to plate. Like all parts of my life I want a relationship with it, the way we have relationships with our mothers, our god, our job, our craft. Like all relationships we need to nourish, care, have patience and practice to be successful. Developing these relationships is necessary and never ending. I do the best I can, try to be responsible and gentle, and I try not not be judgmental about others' relationships (though I'm not always successful). The other day an image of some delicious bread popped up in my instagram feed from bakerhands aka Tara Jensen a baker and farmer, the caption really resonated with me:

"I do not think we will see the end of this gluten free hysteria until fundamental economic inequality and spiritual impoverishment are addressed. The target may change, but collective hatred and refusal will endure till we each posses the ability for self determination and expression. We have such little control of our lives and we are so unhappy it makes sense that we find pleasure in refusal. But we can not refuse our history as a civilization without great consequence."

I understand people have serious food allergies, my step-mom does, and so does Tara. She goes on to say:
"I am not implying that individuals that are going gluten free are crazy. I AM saying that economic systems like capitalism paralyze our ability to live a spiritually/ politically/ meaningful life and because of this we are experiencing illness in our bodies. We have industrialized our food to the point where the nourishment is gone and that is showing up in how we feel physically and emotionally. As a feminist I believe no one should be told how they feel, or should feel, in their bodies and I do not use the word hysteria lightly. There is a massive problem around bad information and bread right now"

 
I don't want this space to be political, but I did want to share these insightful ideas. This is a topic I feel strongly about, and has quite a lot to do with who I am (right now) and want to be. Let's think about our relationships and take care of them. Have a beautiful week!