I got into this debate with my husband - I bought a few pieces of albeit expensive produce, bread, and cheese and called it my groceries for the week... he who needs to eat significantly more than I do was appauled that I would be willing to spend on so few items. But throughout the week he's been eating my ripe fruit and the fresh baked bread I bought (whoever said living with men was more expensive for women had that right lol) and he came back yesterday and told me he took it back because he's been more full off of the good stuff than his can of ultraprocessed $2 soup
unfortunately, it is a priviledge that should be a right, to eat well and from the earth... I get super heated about this too ugh!
Not only do people struggle to make ends meet, including in terms of groceries, but a lot of those lower income earners and people of color specifically live in βfood desertsβ. Even if they would like to have fresh produce every once in a while, they wonβt have access to it rightly available.
This resonates, the image you describe will haunt me too. I sometimes wonder how is it possible that most products in supermarkets are totally lacking any nutritional value, often actually the oppositeβ¦.
The crazy thing is that the same companies that produce « poison », also produce the « cure » - and on top of that they partner with pharmaceutical companies as well to develop drugs to cure the symptoms. One big mess.
How did we get here and how to get out of this mess.
so true β my dad would always rant about how they shouldnβt legally be allowed to call it βfoodβ. when it has an ingredient list that cover the entire back of the packet, most of which cannot even be pronounced, it isnβt food at all, really.
sadly, i donβt yet see a way out of it. i think small things can be done. like, i refuse to buy supermarket bread and instead spend 10 mins a week making my own. it feels like a lil act of resilience !
Supermarkets are designed to thrive off of mental and temporal exhaustion. i was in morrisons last week getting screamed at by the store radio while the meat fridges leaked onto the floor. I was just happy to get out of there
I got into this debate with my husband - I bought a few pieces of albeit expensive produce, bread, and cheese and called it my groceries for the week... he who needs to eat significantly more than I do was appauled that I would be willing to spend on so few items. But throughout the week he's been eating my ripe fruit and the fresh baked bread I bought (whoever said living with men was more expensive for women had that right lol) and he came back yesterday and told me he took it back because he's been more full off of the good stuff than his can of ultraprocessed $2 soup
unfortunately, it is a priviledge that should be a right, to eat well and from the earth... I get super heated about this too ugh!
yessss i totally relate!!! me and my fiancΓ© had a similar situation but now, like your husband, he canβt get enough of the βrealβ stuff!!
Totally agree. It is a priveledge to eat well. Seems ludicrous when you think about it
Not only do people struggle to make ends meet, including in terms of groceries, but a lot of those lower income earners and people of color specifically live in βfood desertsβ. Even if they would like to have fresh produce every once in a while, they wonβt have access to it rightly available.
such an important point!!!
Very true. And then work for pitiful wages, basically wage slaves, to buy cheaply made items designed to wear out and be replaced
This resonates, the image you describe will haunt me too. I sometimes wonder how is it possible that most products in supermarkets are totally lacking any nutritional value, often actually the oppositeβ¦.
The crazy thing is that the same companies that produce « poison », also produce the « cure » - and on top of that they partner with pharmaceutical companies as well to develop drugs to cure the symptoms. One big mess.
How did we get here and how to get out of this mess.
so true β my dad would always rant about how they shouldnβt legally be allowed to call it βfoodβ. when it has an ingredient list that cover the entire back of the packet, most of which cannot even be pronounced, it isnβt food at all, really.
sadly, i donβt yet see a way out of it. i think small things can be done. like, i refuse to buy supermarket bread and instead spend 10 mins a week making my own. it feels like a lil act of resilience !
Supermarkets are designed to thrive off of mental and temporal exhaustion. i was in morrisons last week getting screamed at by the store radio while the meat fridges leaked onto the floor. I was just happy to get out of there
youβre so right! honestly, such a valid response. they can be a hellscape.
sometimes i pop a couple of rennies just to feel like in control of something