Shoku Wo Kangaeru

[Machine Translation] Tempura udon noodles are made using a bathtub full of water. Tuna transported thousands of kilometers using massive amounts of oil. Vegetables grown in factories using LEDs (light-emitting diodes) instead of sunlight. The father of more than 200,000 cows, thanks to advances in breeding methods. Children are forced to take convenience store lunches on field trips, and children draw pictures of filleted fish swimming in the sea and four-legged chickens. Is the "food" of today's people really as it should be? The author asks this question. Let's think about "food" together.

湯ぶね1杯分もの水を使って作られる天ぷらうどん。大量の石油を使い何千キロもの距離を運ばれるマグロ。工場の中で日光を浴びずにLED(発光ダイオード)で育てられる野菜。交配方法の進歩により20万頭をこえる牛の父親となった種牛。遠足にコンビニ弁当をそのまま持たされる子どもや、海を泳ぐ切り身の魚や四本足の鶏を描く子どもたち。現代人の“食”は、このままでいいのでしょうか?著者はそう問いかけます。“食”について一緒に考えてみませんか。