My Goals!
Recently I was flipping through a gardening magazine and found a special Organic section in it. It described how to get the best out of your garden using natural methods and products. Are we in the middle of an organic revolution? Kroger has had an organic section, and with Wal-Mart’s new interest in organic food, it will become the industry’s biggest buyer and seller. Natural food stores like Whole Foods and Wild Oats are cropping up all over the place—and are wildly successful because of the upper-middle class. People go to these stores because they want the freshest and healthiest products they can find. And I don’t blame them—after reading the food horrors in Fast Food Nation, I think it’s about time people looked more closely into what they put into their bodies. I know I do now!
My personal goal for this project is to investigate this new organic phenomenon in regards to health. More specifically, I am interested in the reasons organic food is better for you. I plan to evaluate the taste, nutritional information, and long term effects (if any) of food products through my own consumer choices and written resources. I also hope to do some investigation of the problems with the packaged food we get at the grocery store. I’m looking forward to it!