Know your food?

While meat glue is not necessarily a new creation, nor is it the weirdest of the weird or gross aspects of modern food production, it is certainly something that puts greater distance between us and our food—when the search for sustainability depends on doing just the opposite. Knowing where and how our food is produced, and eating more locally, are key to making food healthier for people and the planet.

If the idea of fish slurry or chicken puree glued together with an enzyme isn't appealing to you, use it as motivation to learn more about where your food comes from. Try shopping from farmer's markets more, so that you know who has grown your vegetables, or raised your meat if you eat it. Although between the chemicals, pollutants, cruelty and carbon emissions from its production, maybe reconsider (again) what it means to eat meat at all.