Food these days...

Sad and scary in a pretty sort of way. Just a few images pulled courtesy of the Flickr community.

(lyza)


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If you just sit back and absorb the sentiment of these pictures, it's a little overwhelming just how removed we can be from our food.

(colodio)


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(metroblossom)


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This last picture I find especially intriguing. It seems more than capable of evoking a feeling of "hard times" which I guess is analogous to how farmers might feel in the event of a poor harvest.

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