I went into this project wondering what organics meant for me on a personal level, but came out of the project learning that choosing organics affect so many other facets of the world: the environment, farmers, farm workers, farming communities. I also got to speak to people that I would normally never have had the chance to get information from. Beth Hoffman and Julie Samara Cummins both had a lot of information to offer on the idea of food justice and really understanding how our eating habits affect a mass amount of people. Cummins also happened to be a really friendly person who was just interesting to talk to anyways. After the interview we talked about Europe for upwards of 15 minutes. I have always been really interested in nutrition and speaking with Alison Boden gave me a lot of insight into how complex the subject is. If I had had more time to do this project, I would have liked to expand past organics and go into nutrition. Now we know what we need to buy, but how do we combine it? Because I initially came at this topic from a personal perspective, I think it would be interesting to end in this viewpoint. How do we ensure that we are fueling our bodies in the correct way?
A difficulty that I ran into was a time constraint on the interview with Dave Adams, the controversial "food racism and women buying groceries" guy. Because he is so busy, I didn't really get to followup on the responses he gave me and once I got his responses I was only more curious. Another difficulty I ran into is when I was under the impression that I was recording Blue Lolãn's interview, but then realized after about 13 minutes that I had not been. Luckily, she was a very cooperative source and I spoke to her for over 30 minutes in total.
Overall, I really enjoyed doing this project and learned that organics are much more complex than I thought, but in the same right, they are pretty simple once you understand it.
