Personal food policy

As a way of introducing ourselves on the first day of class, my Food Policy professor asked us all to submit a powerpoint slide of our personal food policy. He described the assignment as:

"What is your personal food policy?"

First, your definition of policy should be: "The set of rules you follow
to achieve a set of outcomes"

Second, you should decide on three prongs of your personal food policy
as well as three outcomes you'd like to achieve. The more specific the
better.

My response was:

•1) I want to know what I’m eating.

Goal: Not put things into my body that are potentially harmful or toxic; be healthy.

•2) I eat “local” food when I can, i.e. I know the farmer who produced it or can easily track it

Goal: As I want to BE a sustainable farmer, I want to support them. I want to eat food that was produced in a way I agree with.

•3) I eat things that taste good.

Goal: Personal happiness. Even if it is good for me, if it isn’t prepared in a way that I find appetizing, I don’t see the point.

What is your personal food policy? This really got me to solidify what aspect of the food movement are the most important to me.