Fresh food movement sweeping the nation

[Jesus Malverde]

Many Americans are changing the way they eat.

Genetically modified organisms or GMOs and processed foods are being pushed out and more and more natural foods are moving in.

"I think people are just thinking about eating healthier and there is so much information available to them socially," said Vice President of Harmon's Bob Harmon.

It's the fresh food movement and companies like Chipotle, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell are listening to customers. They are all now GMO free.

"They are cooking fresh ingredients and they're taking some of their isle way of prepared food space and making it more of prepared food from scratch," said Scott Albert with Nicholas and Company.

Nicholas and Company provides food for Subway, Burger King, Kneaders and local restaurants.
Like grocery stores, their freezer and dry good space has condensed making way for more refrigeration.

"People are becoming more veg-centric meaning vegetables are taking more of center plate," Albert adds.

If you're a meat lover this movement affects you too. Animals are eating non-GMO feed, making them taste better.

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[canoeist52]

1. The home gardening movement is taking off as well.

This movement involves all, crossing the political spectrum. Democratic leadership should be at the vanguard of this local and fresh food movement.

[FlatBaroque]

2. The movement is sweeping the nation, while

the government is pushing trade policies that count on the opposite food model - shipping it over large distances. The sustainable and healthy path is localizing food production and minimizing processing. Removing as many intermediaries from your food supply as possible. But our masters prefer the opposite, globalization. Under TPP, perhaps other nations could sue us for promoting local food??

[bvar22]

3. There may be a case there.

The local food growing movements will certainly interfere with the Corporation's projected profits.

[FlatBaroque]

4. You can be absolutely certain that food industry lobbyists

see the locavore movement as a threat. And where they see threat they seek legal recourse. This is what TPP is about in so many different iterations.

[bvar22]

5. My wife & I movd to The Woods...

..and started growing our own food in 2006.
We aren't completely independent yet.
We still shop for fish (Salmon) and other products unavailable here,
but are careful to avoid processed food.

[FlatBaroque]

6. I'm familiar with your setup

You took a courageous step. Don't look back. Your choice is the way of the future, whether voluntarily now or forcibly, following WW III.

[bvar22]

7. Thanks for the kind words.

After all the blood & sweat we put into this place, we couldn't leave now, even if we wanted too.
Sometimes we daydream about living on or near the Gulf Coast where we could fish,
but BP kinda ruined that day dream.

.....though it would be nice to jump in the Gulf after a hot day here.