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Food has the power to shape our futures.

In her 2024 talk, food ethnographer June Joe Lee

decodes the rich meaning behind what we choose to eat, how it connects us to the past,

and how the palettes of younger generations can point away to tomorrow. After the break.

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And now our TED Talk of the Day.

We all eat. But have you considered what you eat is more than taste, trends, and nutrition?

What we think is good to eat reveals our modern hungers, our deepest desires, and greatest needs for self-improvement, for connection.

Also, dreams of our future.

Kids are our future, right?

So try a square pizza with some chocolate milk and maybe a fruit cup to taste the future.

A school lunch reveals our values as well as the modern complexities of food.

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