Food Journal 1/26/16 (all figures from nutritiondata.self.com):

Breakfast (Prepared at Home)

• 1 Banana - 105 Calories
• 2 Fried Eggs - 180 Calories
• 1 Slice Whole Wheat Toast - 75 Calories
• 16 oz Water

Total Breakfast Calories: 360

Lunch (Prepared at Home)

• 1 Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich - 380 Calories
• 1 Green Apple - 115 Calories
• 20 oz Water

Total Lunch Calories: 495

• 1 Bag Lays Potato Chips - 350 Calories
• 8 oz Water

Dinner (Prepared at Home)

• Lasagna - 625 Calories
• 16 oz Water

Total Dinner Calories: 625

• Low-Fat Greek Yogurt - 200 Calories

TOTAL DAILY CALORIES: 2030

Looking back on this food log, most of my food is purchased from the grocery store before I either eat it our assemble it on my own. The fruits and vegetables in my diet come from growers throughout the Americas, and the produce may need to travel thousands of miles for it to be available in my local store for me to purchase. In fact, almost all of my food likely traveled a long distance in order for it to be ready for me to eat. Of course there's the use of water in growing the foods I eat to think about, but the amount of fuel used in order to ship these products is also a staggering consideration. Even the simple cup of yogurt I ate had to require several steps of processing and transportation, making it hard to really know where your food it coming from at all. It's hard to call this sort of food production "sustainable."

I think I should look at local farmer's markets and produce stalls like that if I really want to feel good about where my food is coming from. There's so much uncertainty in the global food market that if you don't make an effort like that to make better purchasing decisions, you won't be able to have a good grasp on what exactly goes into your food. This assignment has made me ask a few more questions about where my food comes from, because I certainly don't know many of the details that I thought would be pretty easy.