Another Reason To Stop Eating Processed “Food”

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

In a recent New York Times article titled ”Food Prices Expected to Keep Going Up” Andrew Martin reported, “But while prices for some items like milk and fresh produce are dropping, those of most packaged items and meat are holding firm or even increasing.”

I always find it interesting that in the midst of reporting increases in food prices the media always acts as if we have no choice but to consume the foodlike products manufactured by companies like Heinz and Kraft Foods.

Besides the ketchup I keep in the fridge for the occasional Sunday Feast, I honestly can’t remember the last time I bought any “food” these companies produce. And, speaking of produce, why doesn’t the headline read, “Prices of Fresh Produce Dropping, Customers Flocking”? As far as I can tell, that is the real story here, but the fact that people can eat healthier cheaper is simply brushed over and we are left to feel sorry for these profit raking multi-national corporations.

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