The German philosopher Ludwig Feuerbach said in 1850: "Man is what he eats." There is much more behind this nutritional philosophical phrase than a simple statement! First of all, it makes the statement that man is dependent on nature for his very being. We cannot exist without our food production. Of course, this does not mean there is only the necessity of eating, because then we could also simply eat protein blocks like in a dystopian movie in order to survive and would not need to concern ourselves further with food and its components.
What now arises is the question: Aren't we already on the way to exactly such a dystopia if crickets and maggots are now allowed to end up in our food? Everyone currently has the freedom to choose their own food, at least until the European Commission or the nutritional strategy of some governments prescribes a mandatory proportion of insects in food in order to protect the climate! This reminds me very much of the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, who said: "I can guarantee freedom of speech, but I cannot guarantee freedom after speech.
The admission of insects here is only the first slice of the famous "salami tactics". In the choice of food, the cultural-historical dimension plays a special role. Knowing which mushrooms, berries and nuts are edible is just as much a cultural achievement as the ability to prepare and preserve them, which is also inextricably linked to the surrounding nature and thus an important part of native identity. Very few nations can boast a culinary history in which the consumption of insects has ever played a major role, even though certain forces have wanted to change that for some years now.
Let's take a look at an example from my home country, Germany: In my region of the Lower Rhine and also in Düsseldorf, it is well known that people drink top-fermented dark beer. This is not only because it tastes better, as everyone knows, but because the natural conditions do not allow any other brewing method. For example, to produce beer in the Pilsener brewing style, you need cool temperatures like those in the caves and deep cellars of Bohemia or Bavaria. In the swampy, sultry lowlands of the Lower Rhine, there was no such thing, so top-fermented Altbier was brewed.
Here we see how Feuerbach's statement "Man is what he eats" is confirmed in the reality of life. For this reason, it is socially correct and important to emphasize healthy nutrition with foods of regional tradition in daycare centers and schools. This is not only about short transport distances, but also about culture and identity. Unfortunately, our eating tradition has been changing radically for several years. The recent approval of the expansion of the Spiese plan to include insects is only the most disgusting example.
By the way, the whole thing exists as a monopoly for only two companies based outside the EU, and monopolies are a serious problem in nutrition. Fewer than ten corporations already control 3/4 of the seed market. In animal breeding, a handful of corporations divide the world market among themselves. Their business model and trade secret is: "The genetic material of our livestock!" Can we really still speak of balanced or regional production here, or do we consciously close our eyes to what is being done to us and what is to be expected of future generations for fear of reprisals by the ideologues who are pushing this madness worldwide?
This monoculturalization in food production is an aspect that regrettably does not play a role in the debates on food culture and food safety. No one denies the great importance of a good and sustainable diet, but the crucial point must also be to give children a real relationship with their food. How are schools and kindergartens supposed to teach children how to cook now, in addition to the numerous tasks they already have to perform?
The whole thing sounds also suspiciously after (so-called) reactionary and thus not at all progressive home economics instruction, with which it already surprises me that left liberals participate there, as long as thereby their ideology is further advanced. With the prevailing governments of the western world, which always only implement what was decided a few weeks earlier in the WEF (World Economic Forum) by Klaus Schwab & Co, I am sure that a very specific aspect is completely hidden!
The cheap and wide availability of food goes hand in hand with an economic and processing method on which low-income families are dependent if the cold cuts and other originally normal goods of the food industry are not to become luxury goods. This fact is as much a part of the truth as the understandable desire for eggs from happy hens! This balancing act in the food production must be made conscious to the children also far away from every "ideology", otherwise only the impression strengthens that coming generations are to be educated by one-sided "indoctrination" (justification of the constant increases in price of normal food, which is to be in the sense of the animal welfare, in the long run however only by rich humans can be financed) to the full acceptance of a "two-class society", in which humans with average salaries are withheld also with the nutrition a reasonable basis for life.
Often the guidelines in new laws, in which the processing of insects in staple foods, banned for a long time for health reasons, has recently been allowed in some countries, are deliberately vague and offer a lot of room for interpretation. It is not uncommon for new concepts to lack a legally binding measure, and people can think whatever they want into this null space. They don't say it explicitly, but I can guess what it's going to be.
"Veggie Day" is now Everyday, the money of average earners is enough in the future for only meat-free food and insect burgers for the climate (the consumption of meat, according to left-liberal ideologues, also increases CO2 emissions, which is why consumption among citizens with average incomes should be reduced by constant price increases). These lunatics always manage to squeeze their climate ideology into every topic, like the meat into the sausage pellet.
Speaking of squeezing in, these new laws and the planned additions of insects to more and more everyday foods also fit Otto von Bismarck's saying, "Laws are like sausages, you feel better if you don't know how they're made."