dear daisy,
as the trail for world's food festival ended up in mcdonalds (i only had apple pie) - i began to draw conclusions about healthy and unnatural food. process food are not always healthy, neither natural. in US recently people died from eating melon and e.coli contamination from bean sprout caused scare across europe. however, mcdonalds is not always a good option - and often regular customers have unhealthy bmi (body mass index). and if you watch man vs. food - there are more scarier food than mcdonalds such as deep fried pizza and deep fried sandwiches with twelve different type of cheese. (thank God it's america, otherwise the price of that sandwich would be skyrocketing if it's in denmark who recently imposed taxes on 'fat'.
the domination of hypermarkets and processed food also added up to the world's obesity hype.
food movement:
1. grow your own vegetables.
2. support local stores and markets. corporate shops are not the only way to buy groceries.
3. read and learn to cook using natural substances and healthy ingredients.
4. know your local suppliers. (you help to reduce 'carbon foot print' of food and also will receive better food quality).
5. organic food is nice. (try to get information first about the quality and ethical value behind the mass production).
6. fair trade. - reject unethical business trade, sweat shops and slavery. there are issues about the 'fair trade' label recently that do not benefited the workers (with fairly low wages) and the use of child labors.
