I learn a lot in my line of work as a Young Adult Volunteer, and a lot of it pisses me off.<\/p>\n
Every day, I find out about something else that is wrong with the world. Or specifically, an aspect of the American way that somehow seems to screw up someone\u2019s life.<\/p>\n
I talk to the guests of the shelter I work at who are upset about the terrible food everywhere. I talk to the members of my church who are annoyed about animal treatment in factory farms. I talk to my housemate who can\u2019t stand rampant food waste.<\/p>\n
It seems the more I know, the more I find out, the more injustice I become aware of, the more anger I find I am capable of possessing inside of rapidly beating heart.<\/p>\n
I get so mad.<\/p>\n
It doesn\u2019t help that outside of first hand experiences of the people around me, there are blogs, news articles, and documentaries telling me how more things are falling apart.<\/p>\n
The bees are dying, people don\u2019t have access to food, we don\u2019t know what GMOs\/pesticides\/climate change is doing to our food.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s too much.<\/p>\n
And so I have to focus. I have to remember that all of this information is set up to make me upset. I have to hope that it leads me (and others) into action. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n I have chosen to focus on food. My work every day revolves around the fact that people are hungry. That issue alone is enough of an anger-inducing head scratcher for a life time of work, and it is where I have chosen to live for the year.<\/p>\n I hate the junk food found on most food pantry shelves, and I really hate the food system that allows its excess to end up on those shelves. I hate the food waste, I hate the bland tomatoes, I hate that a livable wage is seen as a privilege.<\/p>\n So I talk about it, I blog about it, I go to work, I nag people about composting, and I just try and do something good. \u00a0Because it\u2019s working. There are less hungry people.<\/p>\n I will run with that good news until the next thing pisses me off.<\/p>\n Find your cause, learn your facts, and do something.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I will run with that good news until the next thing pisses me off. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,321],"tags":[180,181,179,97,34,19],"class_list":["post-60","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-justice","category-young-adults","tag-action","tag-anger","tag-bees","tag-boston","tag-food","tag-yav"],"yoast_head":"\n