“What’s on your plate?” is a provocative and witty documentary produced as well as directed concerning children and food politics. The movie is about two teenagers who are exploring where they are positioned in the food chain. Safiyah, as well as Sadie, take a deeper look at New York City’s food systems plus its environment. They speak to one another as they film themselves addressing farmers, food activists, storekeepers, new friends, relatives, and their audience to get insight into what is on every individual’s plate. To understand more about the food on the plates, they set to understand the origin of the food, how it is grown, where and how long it takes, or how far it comes from. Other details include how the food is prepared, the individual responsible for preparing it, and what happens after preparation, packaging, and leftovers.
In their pursuit to understand what people are consuming, they go to supermarkets, school lunchrooms, and fast food chains. In addition to that, they also delve into innovative sustainable food system initiatives by visiting green markets, farms, as well as community-supported agriculture initiatives. They find out that the initiatives assist the poor farmers in surviving and offer inexpensive and locally-cultivated food to individuals on the consumer end, particularly to lower-income urban communities. In the film, the two girl guides are formulating compassionate and sophisticated views on their society’s status and thus inspire active engagement and hope in other individuals.
The film surprised me when I realized that individuals could afford to eat healthily without paying much since it is inexpensive. When nutrition experts suggest the foods that people need to consume to live a better life, there is always an issue about how much certain foods cost. It is understandable, and since the pandemic started, many people have lost their jobs and are struggling financially (Gupta & Bharti, 2019). It is thus important to find ways that people can still consume healthy food at a low price or affordable. This would help convince more others as it allows an individual to eat healthily and save up more money, which people could use for other things.
The issue of obesity is among the top problems affecting many individuals in the world. Individuals in the medical field have tried to ensure that patients of various conditions, especially obesity, learn about eating healthy. Those who have improved on the kind of food they consume have managed to get better and defeat obesity (Gupta & Bharti, 2019). However, a group of individuals has not succeeded in their quest to defeat the condition. Through the film, Sadie and Safiya give us the blueprint of how individuals can deal with the issue of obesity and other conditions related to unhealthy eating. Another lesson is that people do not explore other ways of dealing with their issues.
Some markets can offer the right foods at a considerable price. Such information is important in the hospitality career because whatever someone is cooking and serving others will impact their health (Dietz & Santos-Burgoa, 2020). Having an individual who consumes food today and never comes back because they fell sick or developed a condition is not right. It is better when the food has a positive impact on the health of an individual. Therefore, finding markets that sell good quality food at an affordable price is the key to ensuring that I sustain customers for a longer time.
References
Dietz, W., & Santos-Burgoa, C. (2020). Obesity and its implications for COVID-19 mortality. Obesity (Silver Spring), 28(6), 1005. Web.
Gupta, R., and Bharti, S. (2019). A healthy diet from sustainable food systems is not affordable: our reminder to the Lancet Commission. RUSS J. Health Sci, 4(1), 3-4. Web.