Exploring food literacy beyoud the plate: the concept of formation and literacy in relation to eating in an educational setting

Literacy is a frequently used term in the context of most Western society's educational institutions. It is probably just as often a concept that in the same context creates a certain amount of confusion and explanatory difficulties. For what is literacy, specifically, in theory and in practice? This has been a focal point in my PhD dissertation.
1 One conclusion of my research on the practice of literacy, or described as formation in this paper, is that formation in an educational setting takes place in social arenas (spaces) with some form of common text that binds individuals together. Formation is not like grammar or equations, something you can expect the students to study individually as part of the standard curriculum. It always evolves in the context of sociality. This paper has a particular focus on the formation surrounding food or, more specifically, the formation that evolves from eating together.