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By Birth And Upbringing, I Think I'm Emotionally Resilient. I Don't Feel Like I'm A Depressive Person.

The Industry Doesn't Want You To Know The Truth About What You're Eating, Because If You Knew, You Might Not Want To Eat It.

Future Historians, I Hope, Will Consider The American Fast Food Industry A Relic Of The Twentieth Century--a Set Of Attitudes, Systems, And Beliefs That Emerged From Postwar Southern California, That Embodied Its Limitless Faith In Technology, That Quickly Spread Across The Globe, Flourished Briefly, And Then Receded, Once Its True Costs Became Clear And Its Thinking Became Obsolete.

There's Also A Growing Trend Toward Having Gardens In Schools To Literally Show Kids Where Food Comes From By Having Them Grow And Prepare Their Own Food. There's Also A Movement That's Bringing Farmers Into Schools And Creating Relationships Between Local Farms And Local Cafeterias, So That Instead Of Frozen Mystery Meat, You Have Fresh Produce That's Coming From The Area That Has A Name And A Face Associated With It.

One Might Expect That The Families Of Murder Victims Would Be Showered With Sympathy And Support, Embraced By Their Communities. But In Reality They Are Far More Likely To Feel Isolated, Fearful, And Ashamed, Overwhelmed By Grief And Guilt, Angry At The Criminal-justice System, And Shunned By Their Old Friends.