Original Instructions Part Five

"You are what you eat" is the saying we've all heard before. What you eat literally becomes your flesh. But we are also where we eat because after we die, that flesh returns to the ground. Most of us take this cycle for granted. This is how Nelson introduces the section "Re-Indigenizing Our Bodies and Minds through Native Foods." The majority of the food we eat today comes from big corporations. Nelson argues that we need to take responsibility for our food source. I agree with her because until we stand up against these food sources, we will continue eating this factory farmed food. If we could return to native foods, instead of the domesticated plants that we rely on so heavily today, this would allow us to "re-indigenize our bodies and minds." By being more intimately connected with our food and where it comes from, we would have a better mindset in understanding the nature of agriculture and how we could tread lighter on this planet.