How Do You Write About Food? These Descriptive Methods Make Your Writing More Vivid

I am not sure whether, before publishing an article, I should write something like a preface. Rather than spending words talking about myself, it would be better to talk about the things I want to discuss.

Because of my own reasons for promoting fair trade in Taiwan, China, I decided to spend a year getting to know the fair trade movement better: how should it be promoted? And what are the obstacles to promoting it? So I went to the UK, the largest social entity in the global fair trade market, and studied anthropology about food, and by accident came into contact with more issues about food and people. I think this was my biggest gain.

It cannot be denied that food is a basic human need and also a necessity for keeping the human body functioning. But at the same time, food is also related to human emotions such as joy, passion and luxury. In addition, food is also a necessity of the "social body." Who eats what? With whom do they eat? Whose appetite is satisfied? Who feels nauseated? Through social rhythms, identity, social relations and class are constantly created and reproduced.

I hope to be a food traveler between the place of production and the dining table, exploring historical and cultural dimensions around the world, tracing the processes of contemporary food production, exchange, handling and consumption, that is, the path from growth to the dining table, in order to examine who benefits and who suffers beneath this mouthful of satisfaction. At the same time, I examine international and domestic food policies and the role of the food industry.

The issues I care about include famine, food aid, food safety, food supply, agricultural technology, indigenous human rights, land and environmental rights, and the natural environment. At the same time, I care about various movements related to food, such as organic, fair trade and slow food. From the perspective of anthropology, I try to challenge the understandings of agricultural economics, nutritional science, economics, law, history and academic research.

Finally, I hope that through my articles, through food, you will read about the obstacles and potential of social change. If anyone is willing to pay attention to food issues together with me, you are even more welcome to contact me directly. We can have a cup of fair trade coffee together, roll up our sleeves, and see what can be done.