Putting aside the fact that I spit out the sprouts the moment I put it in my mouth, I think it was a good experience regardless. Watering and watching my sprouts grow made me realize that this may be the only food where I know how its being grown. Before reading the Omnivore's Delimma, I did not know much about the process of how food is processed and sent to the markets for us to eat. Anything we eat can be deadly and unhealthy-for the exception of the foods we grow ourselves. Growing our own food is easier to say than done, (especially if we're living under a Capitalist nation) but it may be the only way to know if we're truly eating whats good for our bodies. The only reason why the process did not seem sacred, was because it seemed so tedius to water it every so often and it was more like homework to me. I consider the experience itself sacred though because I grew the plants naturally, but it just didn't feel that way-because we live in a society where we depend on the markets and the Capitalist system to get our food since it's so much easier.
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