Food & Sustainability

1. Survival

1.1. minimum calories needed to sustain life

2. Health

2.1. food pyramid

2.2. 5 caloric components (macronutrients)

2.2.1. carbohydrates

2.2.2. fiber

2.2.3. protien

2.2.4. fat

2.2.4.1. GOOD FAT (omega 3 fatty acid, HDL cholesterol)

2.2.4.2. BAD FAT (omega 14, LDL cholesterol)

2.3. non-caloric components (micronutrients)

2.3.1. vitamins

2.3.2. minerals

2.3.3. ph scale

3. How do we decide what to eat?

3.1. traditional & culture

3.2. instinct

3.3. Science

4. Pay someone else to farm

4.1. Industrial agriculture

4.2. Industrial Organic

4.3. Local Sustainable

4.4. small farms

5. FOOD PROCESSING

5.1. transportation

5.2. freezing

5.3. grinding/crushing

5.4. heating/cooking

6. grow/find it yourself

6.1. Hunting/Gathering/fishing

6.2. your own garden