“Don’t you find it odd that people will put more work into
choosing their mechanic or house contractor than they will into choosing the
person who grows their food?”
This quote
is what Salatin asks Pollan. Why did he ask this? Salatin says that the food in
Walmart is not as cheap as we think. According to him, the reason behind this
fact is that well grown and healthy groceries is expensive and vice versa. When
I go to Walmart or Ralph, I always choose cheaper groceries, and I pay what it’s
worth. In 1950s, people spent 20% of income on food. However, we now spend
about 10% of income on food. What makes the difference?
Even though
it would not be related to this book’s topic, I think that we have a lots of
things to spend money than back in 1950s. However, we should definitely know
that food is the point where we should be careful in spending money on it
because it directly or indirectly impacts on our health.
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