I was lucky that I could grow up in a family where we produced most of the food we ate[1]. The main thing I learned, is that the interests of food consumers and food producers are, and always will be, misaligned, unless you are the one producing the food you eat.
When I was a kid, I used to despise supermarket food (I later learned to eat it out of necessity, once I moved out of my parent's place).
Now I'm saving up so I can buy a homestead when I retire, and my dream is to produce food for me and my loved ones.
[1] I grew up on a small farm and homestead in Italy, my grandparents and parents had a few money crops (olive oil, wine, eggs) and everything else on the farm was for our own consumption (veggie garden, orchard, meat chickens, pigs, rabbits etc.).
When I was a kid, I used to despise supermarket food (I later learned to eat it out of necessity, once I moved out of my parent's place).
Now I'm saving up so I can buy a homestead when I retire, and my dream is to produce food for me and my loved ones.
[1] I grew up on a small farm and homestead in Italy, my grandparents and parents had a few money crops (olive oil, wine, eggs) and everything else on the farm was for our own consumption (veggie garden, orchard, meat chickens, pigs, rabbits etc.).