Parshat Vayechi: Eating Holy Food in a Holy Way

In this week’s Parsha, Yaakov gives blessings to the shevatim specific to their territory in Eretz Yisra’el. The berachot reveal a personal role in food preparation for the inhabitants of Israel. Is this notion an ideal we should strive for? How so? What is our current relationship with our food sources? There are ways to produce our food that are more humane, are more energy-efficient, and that facilitate a greater understanding our where we get our food.