Friday, June 15, 2012
Where Has Fresh Food Gone?
I wish it were easier to get back to eating fresh and raw veggies. I have been consuming Kashi cereal for some years, and just discovered that their products might actually not be what they say they are. The boxes that I consume are labelled with the Organic Promise. I am wondering if that makes any difference at all. I guess I'll go back to Cascadian Farm cereals. But it is really really hard to eat healthy green food. I live in Newark, NJ and I don't own a car (part of my efforts to pollute less). Yesterday, I walked to Pathmark, which is the closest local supermarket to me. The only organic options in the supermarket were prepackaged Earthbound spinach, arugula and mixed greens. I went through the entire supermarket looking for products that were organic and non-gmo. I came home with like 4 bags of groceries. There was almost NOTHING that was organic or non-gmo. There weren't any fruits or any produce in the whole supermarket labelled organic. This just further adds to the issue of food justice. In low income communities, there is minimal availability of organic options. When there are organic options, it's all pre-cut and pre-packaged. I really wish there were farms nearby where I could get the food off the ground, but the earth here is covered in concrete. What do we do as people trying to live a healthy life? Our government needs to intervene and not let these companies do whatever they want with our food.
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