Stop buying stupid things. A common form of objection when it comes to eating healthy food is cost. Recently, eating quality food has been referred to as a form of elitism because it costs more than it does to eat comparable amounts of junk food. Does food as status really make sense? I must clarify […]
Why is it that crappy foods are so commonly and aggressively marketed as health foods? If people want to eat quality food, why not just give it to them? The answer lies in economics. There are only a limited number of people in the U.S. market, and they will only eat a certain amount of
Remember kids, healthy eating starts with Froot Loops and Wonder Bread. The American industrial food system is heavily based on government subsidies. In the years between 1995 and 2006 the government paid out just over 177 billion dollars in subsidies to farmers to encourage and enable them to grow specific crops. These crops are generally
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