b. The foods that the sky gave were
1 simple but nourishing
il made up of fruits and vegetables,
ill, both sweet and spicy, fragrant and delicious,
of sounds
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Explanation:
Kiwi is New Zealand’s national fruit but today Italy is its biggest supplier – it was only up until the 1980s did other countries besides New Zealand export kiwifruit. This constellation is a deliberate design, part of a larger master plan called global capitalism. When New Zealand goes through winter, Italy takes over production. As a result, the Western World can buy kiwis everyday, all year. It is something of a miracle.
We live in a time marked by the mobility and excess of things. Hot, prepared meals can be delivered to our doorsteps in 30 minutes. Superstores are one-stop paradises with a seemingly limitless supply of everything you would ever need. Kiwis are sold everyday of the year. Some people call this access or progress.
Yet, consider the mobility of things versus the mobility of people today. Food can fly across borders fast. Today market value is the ubiquitous definition of worth and food generates profits. The value of human beings to society, on the other hand, is increasingly contested. Specifically, consider how the most immobile people have the least access to things. We also live in a time of war and displacement. For those in food deserts, actual deserts, conflict zones, otherwise divested or isolated places: where does their food come from?
Sometimes, history has shown, it falls from the sky.