It's hard to believe this is a Food and Drug Administration poster from 1914. Originally created as part of a food conservation effort for the war, I am amazed at how relevant {and poetically right on} these words are for today. Our food consciousness is waking up. More people, not just "foodies", are enjoying the weekly ritual of shopping at farmer's markets and eating locally grown, good food. It's a movement not just for food, but for our life. It's still not easily and cost effectively available for all, which saddens me, but inch by inch is sometimes how it goes.
Let's not wait for {another} war to change the way we eat and live.
Let this be our manifesto for artful eating for today, again.
Buon appetito!
copyright 2009 Alisa Barry
