The Food They Sell At Grocery Stores Is A Shell Of What It Used To Be, In My Opinion

It's no secret that our food system is broken. It has been for a long time. The "food" they sell is is over-priced, over-sprayed, and a shell of their former selves. This "food" is grown in "soil" that is so overworked that they have to add artificial nutrients to it, then it's picked, bleached, waxed, and put on display.

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Right now in the White House, there's a proposal to ban price gouging for food and groceries. While this sounds great in theory, it doesn't seem to address WHY there are food shortages and rising costs. Ask a farmer; they'll tell you.

Farmers can't afford to sell the food they had last year because it cost them more to plant and keep it alive than they'll ever get from selling it right now at these prices. They're fighting climate change and pests, and yes, even our government.

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The BEST thing you can do is grow your own food. Take yourself out of that broken food system. You can't be price-gouged if you aren't buying that "food." You can't get lifeless food if you're eating your own fresh, packed full of goodness, natural food, as nature intends. Learn to forage, go out and get free, real food from nature that is so packed full of nutrients, vitamins, and minerals that our bodies actually start living again.

In my opinion, yes. Food shortages and price increases are still coming. Weird outbreaks of gross things happening to our food will still happen. Millions of chickens will still get sick and cause an egg and meat shortage. Get out there and grow your own garden, can and preserve your own food, and take control of the food that you put into your body. Head to your local farmers market. Anything is better than buying what they offer in mainstream stores.

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Attributions:

How modern food can regain its nutrients. (n.d.). https://www.bbc.com/future/bespoke/follow-the-food/why-modern-food-lost-its-nutrients/

Zahn, M. (2024, August 16). Harris to propose ban on grocery price gouging. Would it cool inflation? ABC News. https://abcnews.go.com/US/harris-propose-ban-grocery-price-gouging-cool-inflation/story?id=112864648