Nature & Food — and bildung

Is nature and food bildung? Yes.

We are a part of nature and we need to understand how we, humans as a species and as individuals, families and societies, can thrive and replenish the nature that brought us forth. We need to live in symbiosis with all other species on our planet, and very few of us learned in school what that may look like. We are on a joint endeavor to find out.

Food, then? Food is culture and it is nature. From nature and farmland to our plates, we add culture to the gifts of the earth as we cook. All cultures have added rituals, stories, and meaning to food — or food to rituals, stories, and meaning. Through cooking, we connect with the flora, fauna and climate of where we are. The meals that we care deeply about and prepare with love, can bring us together and bridge gaps between humans in ways that nothing else can.

So, nature and food are crucial parts of bildung, and that is why they share an entry on this bildung blog: https://medium.com/bildung.