Food. That simple four-lettered word, undertakes a very noteworthy definition or meaning to people around the world. In fact, hundreds of thousands of people around the world go grocery shopping everyday in stores like Wal-Mart or Whole Foods, getting pizza, fruits, vegetables, sandwiches, chicken, rice, and chocolate. On the other hand, where is all this food coming from? They do not just appear on the store’s shelves and refrigerators, right? As can be seen we as humans have taken food for granted. When in reality, the people or farmers supplying you with food available at stores actually took long, painful, sun-filled hours, days, weeks, and months of caring, preparation, and harvesting, so people around the world can eat their favorite
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These people depend on hunting and gathering or foraging as their main subsistence system. They use this specific subsistence system, foraging, because they gather and forage for food. On the other hand, foraging is a cultural adaption that not only responds to one problem in subsistence, but all three. To start, the people of Ju/’Hoansi uses sedentism, the act of a group of people staying in a given area for a while. For example, “Richard Lee, an ethnographer who has studied the group extensively, says bluntly, “ the !kung typically occupy a campsite for a period of weeks and eat their way out of it. (1984:44)” (Culture Sketches pg.647) This quote above shows how these people of Africa stay living in an area for a period of time. Next, with subsistence comes domestication of dogs for the people of Ju/’Hoansi. To illustrate, these people domesticate or use dogs when hunting. “Dogs can be useful, especially in cornering prey and keeping it at bay until it can be speared.” (Culture Sketches pg. 647) Last but not least, cultivation is another significant part of these indigenous people’s lives. For instance, they cultivate or farm some crops such as tobacco, gourds, beans, sugar cane, and most importantly sorghum. “The fact that the Ju/’Hoansi devoted so much of their farming effort…” (The Dobe Ju/’Hoansi by Richard Lee pg. 172) This quote shows how cultivation is a part of these people’s lives, no matter how
These people depend on hunting and gathering or foraging as their main subsistence system. They use this specific subsistence system, foraging, because they gather and forage for food. On the other hand, foraging is a cultural adaption that not only responds to one problem in subsistence, but all three. To start, the people of Ju/’Hoansi uses sedentism, the act of a group of people staying in a given area for a while. For example, “Richard Lee, an ethnographer who has studied the group extensively, says bluntly, “ the !kung typically occupy a campsite for a period of weeks and eat their way out of it. (1984:44)” (Culture Sketches pg.647) This quote above shows how these people of Africa stay living in an area for a period of time. Next, with subsistence comes domestication of dogs for the people of Ju/’Hoansi. To illustrate, these people domesticate or use dogs when hunting. “Dogs can be useful, especially in cornering prey and keeping it at bay until it can be speared.” (Culture Sketches pg. 647) Last but not least, cultivation is another significant part of these indigenous people’s lives. For instance, they cultivate or farm some crops such as tobacco, gourds, beans, sugar cane, and most importantly sorghum. “The fact that the Ju/’Hoansi devoted so much of their farming effort…” (The Dobe Ju/’Hoansi by Richard Lee pg. 172) This quote shows how cultivation is a part of these people’s lives, no matter how