Food is one of the most important aspects of life as it is necessary for the survival of all living beings. As humans in a society mostly consumeristic and capitalistic, many of us have lost touch with how food is made and how it arrives on our plates. Especially those eating meat and fish, and drinking milk have a high cognitive dissonance with how what they eat did arrive on their plate – not only for the animal lives involved, but also for all the workers who had to process them.

This is not to say that vegans are always fully conscious of all that is behind their food, but we have connected some dots. However, unless you are producing your own food, many people have been handling your food, from the seed to getting the final product on the shelves. When you are making your next meal, think about how those ingredients have arrived in your hands and thank all those who have worked so that you could have them in your kitchen.

I realize that whatever I eat and drink passes through many hands before reaching me. I am thankful to all these people.