The snobbery of organic foods

[KevinTheOmnivore]

Originally Posted by Abcdxxxx

Holy shit, it's a trite lifestyle article in the NY TIMES about the new organic food trend in New York with the recent opening of Whole Foods. The writer decided to compare two drastically different markets on the same block. Probably to expense account a meal.

Then don't comment in the thread, you pretentious twit.

Farm Fresh good isn't a novelty in other parts of the US, but it sure is in Manhattan where the shopping carts she's talking about are like miniature kids size so they can fit down the narrow aisles.

You're absolutely wrong about this, but whatever, it's not really important.

Do I think income has an infleunce on diet? C'mon, are you that desperate to milk some substance out of that article? City poverty is a misnomer first of all. You can be poor and still wear a $400 throwback jersey at the Bronx River Houses, where you have no furniture to put in front of your wide screen tv.

Poor parents care about the sort of image their children present, because it reflects upon them. I'm not citing any data on this, merely personal/work experience. Other people can see what kind of shoes their kids have, or whether or not their kids "look" poor. They can't however see if that kid is eating cut up pieces of hot dog and store brand soda every night.

You can use your food stamps to buy playstation games, or organic milk. These are lifestyle choices. It's not like people who live off the land with a fully natural diet represent our elite, upper class.

Who do you think precisely is moving upstate in NY and buying up all of the old dairy farms and black soil onion land in order to grow soy beans? They're not "the salt of the earth," they're in fact far from it.

Once again, you're absolutely wrong, but please, keep talking.

We're not talking about government cheese or sugar water babies here....we're talking about the difference between the old supermarket chains of New York and a new breed of markets with a pricier product.

The USDA spens the bulk of their nutrition education cash on families of lower-income. Most childhood eating disorders, be it obesity, diabetes, or other related diseases, occur in children from lower-incomes. The way you can eat can effect everything from performance in the classroom, to whether or not you live to see your 50's or your 70's (hey, btw, which income bracket tends to live longer?).

Of course life is about choices, but it hasn't always been that cut and dry for certain Americans. Whatever, it was a fluff piece....yet you still felt compelled to be a fucking prick.

it's a specific case study, and a lame article.

No it wasn't, and no, you're lame, nah nah nah!!!

Originally Posted by Ziggy

OK. Here's what I took from the article:

"If you're looking to one-up the snobs at Whole Foods, buy nothing preprepared."

Then, once again, I'd have to say you missed the point.

What's your opinion on dietary habits and income? ABC can't really talk, he needs to go pull the stick out of his ass.