Amy S. Wagner
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How My Interest In Nutrition Started
My childhood was an immersion into different cultures through my travel experiences. Because of my experiences abroad, I have developed into a person who embraces and readily adapts to different cultures. As I grew up, my keenest observation, and biggest culture shock, was the lifestyle of others, and more specifically their food, agriculture, and diet, and their relationship to and appreciation for food. Europe, especially Italy, puts emphasis on the importance of the Slow Foods movement. This movement started at Piedmont Farm in Cuneo, Italy and was founded by food and wine journalist, Carlo Petrini. Petrini believed that fast food chains were disrupting Italy’s traditional culinary culture. This movement encourages farm-to-table cuisine, which urges consumers to eat healthier and locally grown foods.
Since the start of my undergraduate career at West Chester University, I have attended three annual study abroad trips with the Nutrition Department. The first trip allowed us to visit and tour Piedmont Farm in Cuneo, where we learned about the history of the Slow Foods Movement. This movement is important to me because it emphasizes the significance of understanding where your food is coming from, and it is practiced internationally. I believe that these experiences have developed me into a person who embraces various cultures, absorbs their lifestyle, and practices traditional values of other cuisines. Traveling sparked my love for studying food and nutrition, and the Slow Foods Movement ignited my curiosity to devoting my life to help communities around the world with their nutritional and health habits. |
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