The Peterborough One World Dinner organizing committee is hosting the 32nd world's largest international vegetarian potluck dinner. The One World Dinner is a community and fundraising event held each February and organized collaboratively by the Peterborough New Canadian Centre, Jamaican Self-Help, the Kawartha World Issues Centre and the World University Service of Canada at Trent.
Our dominant relationship to food seems to be as consumers. In our busy lives, there is little time for gathering food, cooking from scratch and thoughtfully reflecting on where our food comes from. The challenge with this approach is that it significantly undermines our capacity to establish a healthy food system, one based on taking care of the land, valuing those who grow our food and ensuring that everyone is able to eat nutritious food.
Food to a large extent is what holds society together and eating is closely linked to deep spiritual experiences.
Consuming Passions: The Anthropology of Eating
