Posts Tagged ‘consumers’
The unintended consequence of food elitism: Episode 35
Fancy shoes and cheap prices. Chicken breasts and hormone myths. Food snobbery and the hungry. Healthy food and fat. Cheap food and sustainability. “It’s really easy for us to look at a product that has a fancy name or claim and assign higher perceived value to it.”
Read MoreThe side effects of weenie water & 5 million Google results
Google brings up five million results for “understanding food labels.” How can you sort through that chaos? Look for meaningful and measurable labels. There is no easy answer, particularly given all the players involved in food bullying—but I do suggest truth simplifies food. Confusion, guilt, distrust, higher priced food, malnourishment, a growing disconnect from the farm, and overall stress are just a few of the side effects of bullying.
Read MoreWho are the victims of food bullying?
Whether feeling guilty about what’s in your grocery cart, being told your restaurant food choice is “wrong,” or the pressure you feel from an overly opinionated work colleague to make the “right” eating choice at dinner, food bullying impacts all of us negatively. Exclusion, social manipulation, humiliation, and rumor mongering are all examples of emotional…
Read MoreIs meat messing with your hormones?
When I was a teenager, I drew comic cows. These cows often had big muscles – biceps like Olympic athletes. I drew them because they were cute – and as a 5’5” female, I know how strong cattle can be. Never in a million years did I consider that someday people would think farm animals…
Read MoreGenetics improve your groceries
Did you know that beef cattle have been bred to have less fat in the meat? And dairy cattle genetics allow for higher protein milk, while chickens and turkeys have larger breasts because of genetic selection? And messing with genes gave you seedless grapes and seedless watermelons? And there is rice genetically modified to provide…
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