My involvement in my community is very little as of right now, but that is partially because I just moved here a few weeks ago. In some ways my involvement will increase for I will be able to volunteer and help once i get settled in. I am not involved in the local foodshed movement, although I feel like i should. As much as I would like to buy locally grown food to support the idea of a localized foodshed, it is much easier to jog down to the Downunder Cafe and the DC Store to buy myself a meal. The school is entwined in the international foodshed, and the meal plans just increase how much one contributes to it. I am also a college student, so I do not have the money that I would require to purchase food from the local farmer's market. The international foodshed makes it easier to buy food from across the world because it is cheaper and mass produced.
I try to find time for those who surround me. I seem to be putting homework first so far, but as i settle in i will more likely to find time for friends. I will be going home this weekend to visit my high school friends, for I have found time in my schedule to make the two hour drive back to California. I am finding more and more time to hang out with my new friends here in Reno. Today I ventured down to the DC Store and got food with Austin, a new friend I met only a little while ago.
I go to the student union every week and get Panda Express with my food bucks. I am just contributing to the idea of an international foodshed, which makes me just like every other person who constantly goes to buy the easy food. Whenever I stock my room with food, I go to Walmart, voting with every purchase I make. Everything we buy represents us voting for big business or local companies. I understand that I am not doing what I should, but I cannot afford to do better.
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