The Post-Anthropocene Diet: Navigating Future Diets for Sustainable Food Systems
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. The Pre-Anthropocene Diet: Indigenous Ontologies
2.1. What Is Pre-Anthropocene?
2.2. What Are Pre-Anthropocene Ontologies?
2.3. How Do Pre-Anthropocene Ontologies Consider Temporality?
2.4. What Are Examples of Pre-Anthropocene Diets?
3. The Anthropocene Diet: Anthropocentric Ontologies
3.1. What Is the Anthropocene?
3.2. What Are Anthropocene Ontologies?
3.3. How Do Anthropocene Ontologies Consider Temporality?
3.4. What Are Examples of Anthropocene Diets?
4. The Post-Anthropocene Diet: Ecosophical Ontologies
4.1. What Post-Anthropocene Is Possible?
4.2. What Are Possible Post-Anthropocene Ontologies?
4.3. How Would Post-Anthropocene Ontologies Consider Temporality?
4.4. What Would Be Examples of Post-Anthropocene Diets?
5. Ontologically-Based Dietary Guidelines
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Epoch | Pre-Anthropocene | Anthropocene | Post-Anthropocene |
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Ontologies/Worldviews | Indigenous wisdom (histories, stories, languages, artistry, spirituality), relational, connected to the land and all beings, all beings have rights in and of themselves, humans should not interfere with the duties of other beings to each other, protecting natural resources | Human-centered, perpetuated human-nature dualism, agential anthropocentrism, neoliberal, colonial, productivist, efficiency | Object-oriented ecosophy, systemic, complex and adaptive, all objects have intrinsicality, autonomy, and uniqueness, equitable ecocentrism, de-/post-colonial, sufficiency |
Consideration of Temporality | Connected to ancestors and to progenitors, decisions are made for the seventh generation | Shallow, immediate gratification, efficient, future generations supplanted for present consumption | Present consumption regards the needs of/possible impacts on the future, is cognizant of historical context |
Examples of Diets in practice | Wild food, hunting, gathering, food preservation (drying, salting, smoking, etc.), pastoralists, nomadic, identification, soil maintenance, ancestral seeds, medicinals, cultural cooking techniques | Highly processed, energy-dense, nutrient-deplete, sugar-sweetened, globalized, heavy carbonization, contributing to/leading the environmental crisis, cheap, fast foods, convenience, high food wastage | Local, seasonal, foraging, reduce food waste, ‘sustainable’, plant-based, within planetary boundaries, growing own food/permaculture, slow food, return to traditional/culturally appropriate, affordable, soil regenerative, technologically-produced ecological diets |
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Chicago/Turabian StyleMazac, Rachel, and Hanna L. Tuomisto. 2020. "The Post-Anthropocene Diet: Navigating Future Diets for Sustainable Food Systems" Sustainability 12, no. 6: 2355. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12062355