The Pleasures of Eating

1: In a dorm room, it would be hard to grow your own food, but it is possible to buy and keep a small vegetable plant such as cherry tomatoes in a dorm room next to a window. Unfortunately a student cannot go to the extent that Berry talks about but the student could encourage family to grow food in a small garden or create a compost.
2: Students can still prepare their own food instead of always using a designated meal plan.  Students can take out 1 or 2 meals out of the week where they buy the groceries they need to make a healthy well balanced meal using organic foods and prepare their own meal.  They could also get together with some friends and make it a meal to feed 2 or 3 people and share the cost of the more expensive organic foods.
3: It is often advertised in the produce section where the food comes from, so a student could still look into the origins of the food they are buying and buy from a local produce market.
4: Students can take advantage of the farmer's market that takes place on campus or get together with friends and go to the farmer's market on the weekend to get fresh food from local merchants.
5: Students can still learn about the economy and technology of the industrial food process and figure out what is added and what additions they pay for.
6: Students can research what is involved in the selected best farming and gardening and encourage friends and family members to do the same if they have small gardens.
7: Though most students are strapped for time with papers, exams, and labs taking up time and when they are not studying they are catching up with friends and sleep they could take the time to reassociate with the lives of domestic plants and animals.