Sometimes when I go grocery shopping I like to look at the carts that other people are pushing around. Some carts are full of things in boxes, bags, packages and containers. Most of the stuff looks dry and colourless. Potato chips, cookies, cereal, milk, frozen pizza, and a bunch of other stuff is popular, with the only colourful thing being the bright orange on the boxes of Kraft Dinner.
It’s just as easy to fill the cart with fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables, but that isn’t how we have been conditioned to eat in this society. If you were born after 1970, it’s a certainty that you grew up with McDonald’s and Fruit Loops as constant companions.
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