Fri, Oct-07-16, 15:19
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Senior Member
Posts: 4,042
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Plan: Very LC, Higher Protein
Stats: 227/186/185
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Progress: 98%
Location: Herndon, VA
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How to form an effective food movement is the real question. It's hard enough to get agreement among the LCHF, Paleo, vegetarians, vegans, WAPF, Zero Carbers, and those many outspoken "food experts" who have diets to sell. Throw in climate change and animal rights, and you have a mess of arguments among those who could be an effective Real Food Movement group. This is the most telling statement in Pollan's article:
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Surely there is a lesson here for the food movement — a collection of disparate groups that seek change in food and agriculture but don’t always agree with one another on priorities. Under that big tent you will find animal rights activists who argue with sustainable farmers about meat; hunger activists who disagree with public-health advocates seeking to make soda and candy ineligible for food stamps; environmentalists who argue with sustainable cattle ranchers about climate change; and so on. To call this a movement is an act of generosity and hope. But whatever it is, it has been no match for Big Food, at least in Washington.
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It's no wonder there is no match for Big Food. Big Food is focused on one thing. It's much easier that way. One thing Big Food will do is to develop products that sell and eliminate those that don't. That's where we have the most influence, but it's a long road, as there are many who are unaware or unwilling to make the decision to no longer buy the unhealthy garbage that is sold by these producers.
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