//AS HUMANS WE TEND TO THIRST FOR THE MOST EXOTIC, THE MOST EXPENSIVE, THE MOST


purchase cheaper, refined grains to eat from the store. Well-intentioned health and ethics


FOREIGN VERSION OF MANY THINGS, AND THIS IS STRIKINGLY CLEAR WHEN IT COMES TO SOME OF THE MORE POPULAR SUPERFOODS. //


SUPERFOOD MILES Transportation of food contributes a significant percentage of all carbon emissions produced on our planet, and has impacts as far ranging as the destruction of foreign ecosystems and traditional cultures. I’ve found the highest concentration


of superfood lovers to be within my own circles of yoga practitioners, clients, and friends, who are as environmentally conscious as they are health conscious. So why do many of us continue to buy foods that carry such a huge environmental and social impact?


THE LESS-THAN-SUPER TRUTH Superfoods aren’t always sustainably harvested. Take quinoa, once a Bolivian farmer’s food, now in the pantry of every upper middle class, health conscious Westerner, and at a price. Due to Western demand tripling prices of quinoa on the global market since 2006, poorer Bolivians can no longer afford their staple grain. To add insult to injury, the quinoa-


growing region of Bolivia is now suffering from health issues such as malnutrition, partly because quinoa growers who export their crop now


led consumers are unwittingly driving poverty in Bolivia. If you buy quinoa sourced from South America instead of Australia, you are one of these consumers. So please check the packets before you buy! Similarly, wildcrafted superfoods


such as maca can be damaging to local populations despite the relatively high prices paid to locals for foraging rights. In the same way, our desire for chocolate, bananas, coffee, and sugar has decimated local cultures and ecosystems in previous centuries. Ignoring the sentiment that buying a


raw superfood smoothie bowl with an $18 price tag smacks of privilege, do we really need these products in our smoothies and diets, despite the fact that in many cases we are hurting other humans and impinging upon their basic human rights?


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