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"Natural foods" vs "others"
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I wish you all the best @SaunaSuit . My parents have subscribed to Meals on Wheels and don’t worry about what to eat any more. The meals are quite tasty but to enjoy them you would have to get over your prejudice of frozen foods.8
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Such an infographic would be so bland....2
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Today, these apples, oranges, tomatoes, kale, potatoes etc have no flavor, no juice. We used Pectin to jar and perserve our foods. We dident have to worrie about Herbicide and Pesticide Resistance, Accidental Toxicity. Today we get Exports from other countrys that send us there own "REJECTED" foods! Have you ever seen Asia or India Veggies they are HUGE! But America takes the small, perfect sizes because it is eye happy!
Exports
Fresh, dried, frozen, preserved fruit
Fresh, dried, frozen, preserved veg.
Processed fruits and vegetables
Mexico (44%), Canada (12%), Chile (8%), the European Union (7%), China (6%), Peru (5%), and Costa Rica (3%). Other leading import suppliers were Guatemala, Thailand, Brazil, Argentina, Turkey, the Philippines, and Ecuador. All other importing countries accounted for about 5% of trade. The major imported products were tomatoes, peppers, bananas, other tropical fruits, potatoes, onions, garlic, cucumbers, melon, citrus, grapes, tree fruit, fruit juices, and various fresh and processed products.
Genetically Engineered Fruits and Vegetables: html_pubs/biotech/genen.htm
A Map Of Where Your Food Originated May Surprise You (look it up).30 -
*sigh* The forums need a "bless your heart" button.31
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Obviously Canadian fruits are superior.
https://www.bchydro.com/news/conservation/2017/150-places-hope-east.html
Maybe the California fruits we get here are their rejects. US imports of fresh fruits is a 1.6 billion business for the US.
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nutmegoreo wrote: »
It is hard to sensationalize the truth, it tends to be boring and overly simple. Secret to weight loss? Eat less, move more.3 -
Today, these apples, oranges, tomatoes, kale, potatoes etc have no flavor, no juice. We used Pectin to jar and perserve our foods. We dident have to worrie about Herbicide and Pesticide Resistance, Accidental Toxicity. Today we get Exports from other countrys that send us there own "REJECTED" foods! Have you ever seen Asia or India Veggies they are HUGE! But America takes the small, perfect sizes because it is eye happy!
Exports
Fresh, dried, frozen, preserved fruit
Fresh, dried, frozen, preserved veg.
Processed fruits and vegetables
Mexico (44%), Canada (12%), Chile (8%), the European Union (7%), China (6%), Peru (5%), and Costa Rica (3%). Other leading import suppliers were Guatemala, Thailand, Brazil, Argentina, Turkey, the Philippines, and Ecuador. All other importing countries accounted for about 5% of trade. The major imported products were tomatoes, peppers, bananas, other tropical fruits, potatoes, onions, garlic, cucumbers, melon, citrus, grapes, tree fruit, fruit juices, and various fresh and processed products.
Genetically Engineered Fruits and Vegetables: html_pubs/biotech/genen.htm
A Map Of Where Your Food Originated May Surprise You (look it up).
You, uh, drink a lot of kale juice back in the day did you? Maybe your pop helped you set up a kale-o-nade stand to sell to the neighborhood?
Kale juice? What are you talking about seriously. The is a limit to my seriousness and you are seriously straining my credulity here.11 -
Today, these apples, oranges, tomatoes, kale, potatoes etc have no flavor, no juice. We used Pectin to jar and perserve our foods. We dident have to worrie about Herbicide and Pesticide Resistance, Accidental Toxicity. Today we get Exports from other countrys that send us there own "REJECTED" foods! Have you ever seen Asia or India Veggies they are HUGE! But America takes the small, perfect sizes because it is eye happy!
Exports
Fresh, dried, frozen, preserved fruit
Fresh, dried, frozen, preserved veg.
Processed fruits and vegetables
Mexico (44%), Canada (12%), Chile (8%), the European Union (7%), China (6%), Peru (5%), and Costa Rica (3%). Other leading import suppliers were Guatemala, Thailand, Brazil, Argentina, Turkey, the Philippines, and Ecuador. All other importing countries accounted for about 5% of trade. The major imported products were tomatoes, peppers, bananas, other tropical fruits, potatoes, onions, garlic, cucumbers, melon, citrus, grapes, tree fruit, fruit juices, and various fresh and processed products.
Genetically Engineered Fruits and Vegetables: html_pubs/biotech/genen.htm
A Map Of Where Your Food Originated May Surprise You (look it up).
Could the rate at which we import food have perhaps something to do with the fact that our economy moved from an agrarian focus to a tech and commercial product focus with higher commodity value and as a result of our increased wealth it is simply cheaper to import food from countries whose economy is still largely agrarian rather than to pay for the labor necessary to grow it locally? That it makes more economic sense to train our labor force to do tech work that grows our GDP at a rate faster than that of agrarian sectors? Not to even mention seasons and the fact that it might be hard to grow a mango in January in the US. Just a thought. I mean I know, crazy, clearly it is the toxinz and chemikills making our produce small that explains why we would by fruit from Peru.
United States % GDP from agriculture: 1.1%
Peru % GDP from agriculture: 13.6%
GDP percentages
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_sector_composition
The tendency for agriculture to decline with economic growth due to it being a low value commodity:
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/bitstream/172042/2/agec1986-1988v001i003a001.pdf
Similar to the current decline in manufacturing and mining being due to movement into information technologies.18 -
Aaron_K123 wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »
It is hard to sensationalize the truth, it tends to be boring and overly simple. Secret to weight loss? Eat less, move more.
And this is why I'm afraid I am not talented enough. Next time I'm bored, I will make an effort. And someone can give me the "There was an attempt" star.7 -
nutmegoreo wrote: »
Stop eating D.A.F.T foods
Foods you dislike
Foods you are allergic to
Too many calories
Foods you eat out of fear
Well... there was an attempt
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kale, take mason jar place kale inside water with mint leaf. let sit over night or up to 3 days for stronger taste. add piece of ginger.11
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amusedmonkey wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »
Stop eating D.A.F.T foods
Foods you dislike
Foods you are allergic to
Too many calories
Foods you eat out of fear
Well... there was an attempt
Love it! Now we just need some pictures.
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nutmegoreo wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »
Stop eating D.A.F.T foods
Foods you dislike
Foods you are allergic to
Too many calories
Foods you eat out of fear
Well... there was an attempt
Love it! Now we just need some pictures.
Sadly I fear many of the younger generations won’t know what “DAFT” means! But I love the attempt!
I’m not a very creative person and won’t even pretend to know what will resonate with a broader audience but what about one of those memes that says, “what I thought CICO was” with an image of someone eating nothing but donuts, doritos and other junk food, and on the other side “what CICO really is” with pictures of lots of different types of nutrient dense foods and a cookie, and a slice of pizza - with a balanced scale that has Calories In on one side and Calories Out on the other.11 -
WinoGelato wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »
Stop eating D.A.F.T foods
Foods you dislike
Foods you are allergic to
Too many calories
Foods you eat out of fear
Well... there was an attempt
Love it! Now we just need some pictures.
Sadly I fear many of the younger generations won’t know what “DAFT” means! But I love the attempt!
I’m not a very creative person and won’t even pretend to know what will resonate with a broader audience but what about one of those memes that says, “what I thought CICO was” with an image of someone eating nothing but donuts, doritos and other junk food, and on the other side “what CICO really is” with pictures of lots of different types of nutrient dense foods and a cookie, and a slice of pizza - with a balanced scale that has Calories In on one side and Calories Out on the other.
I like this too. Your attempt star will be much prettier than mine.
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I’m afraid that’s as far as my attempt is going to get, I need to contract out the actual creative design!nutmegoreo wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »
Stop eating D.A.F.T foods
Foods you dislike
Foods you are allergic to
Too many calories
Foods you eat out of fear
Well... there was an attempt
Love it! Now we just need some pictures.
Sadly I fear many of the younger generations won’t know what “DAFT” means! But I love the attempt!
I’m not a very creative person and won’t even pretend to know what will resonate with a broader audience but what about one of those memes that says, “what I thought CICO was” with an image of someone eating nothing but donuts, doritos and other junk food, and on the other side “what CICO really is” with pictures of lots of different types of nutrient dense foods and a cookie, and a slice of pizza - with a balanced scale that has Calories In on one side and Calories Out on the other.
I like this too. Your attempt star will be much prettier than mine.
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WinoGelato wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »
Stop eating D.A.F.T foods
Foods you dislike
Foods you are allergic to
Too many calories
Foods you eat out of fear
Well... there was an attempt
Love it! Now we just need some pictures.
Sadly I fear many of the younger generations won’t know what “DAFT” means! But I love the attempt!
I’m not a very creative person and won’t even pretend to know what will resonate with a broader audience but what about one of those memes that says, “what I thought CICO was” with an image of someone eating nothing but donuts, doritos and other junk food, and on the other side “what CICO really is” with pictures of lots of different types of nutrient dense foods and a cookie, and a slice of pizza - with a balanced scale that has Calories In on one side and Calories Out on the other.
That was a tongue in cheek. I'm not cool enough to do anything that would appeal to a broader audience. The issue with showing a balanced diet with a snack thrown in is that it lacks the fear factor so it doesn't have the same impact. It lacks that feeling of belonging to a group that "knows better" and is morally superior. It would be like "the pictures look good, but meh, that's close to how many already eat". No Instagram clean eating virtue signaling and painstakingly composed pictures and deliberate postures that "show" what clean eating can make you look like.
Speaking of Instagram, I'm so uncool I don't even have one.0 -
Aaron_K123 wrote: »Today, these apples, oranges, tomatoes, kale, potatoes etc have no flavor, no juice. We used Pectin to jar and perserve our foods. We dident have to worrie about Herbicide and Pesticide Resistance, Accidental Toxicity. Today we get Exports from other countrys that send us there own "REJECTED" foods! Have you ever seen Asia or India Veggies they are HUGE! But America takes the small, perfect sizes because it is eye happy!
Exports
Fresh, dried, frozen, preserved fruit
Fresh, dried, frozen, preserved veg.
Processed fruits and vegetables
Mexico (44%), Canada (12%), Chile (8%), the European Union (7%), China (6%), Peru (5%), and Costa Rica (3%). Other leading import suppliers were Guatemala, Thailand, Brazil, Argentina, Turkey, the Philippines, and Ecuador. All other importing countries accounted for about 5% of trade. The major imported products were tomatoes, peppers, bananas, other tropical fruits, potatoes, onions, garlic, cucumbers, melon, citrus, grapes, tree fruit, fruit juices, and various fresh and processed products.
Genetically Engineered Fruits and Vegetables: html_pubs/biotech/genen.htm
A Map Of Where Your Food Originated May Surprise You (look it up).
Could the rate at which we import food have perhaps something to do with the fact that our economy moved from an agrarian focus to a tech and commercial product focus with higher commodity value and as a result of our increased wealth it is simply cheaper to import food from countries whose economy is still largely agrarian rather than to pay for the labor necessary to grow it locally? That it makes more economic sense to train our labor force to do tech work that grows our GDP at a rate faster than that of agrarian sectors? Not to even mention seasons and the fact that it might be hard to grow a mango in January in the US. Just a thought. I mean I know, crazy, clearly it is the toxinz and chemikills making our produce small that explains why we would by fruit from Peru.
United States % GDP from agriculture: 1.1%
Peru % GDP from agriculture: 13.6%
GDP percentages
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_sector_composition
The tendency for agriculture to decline with economic growth due to it being a low value commodity:
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/bitstream/172042/2/agec1986-1988v001i003a001.pdf
Similar to the current decline in manufacturing and mining being due to movement into information technologies.
With all that, the US still enjoys a trade surplus sending more fruit to Canada than it imports.
The economics of fruit are obvious with a drive through the fertile Okanagan valley that extends all through the western states as well. Where there used to be acres of fruit trees (still there here and there) there are now rows and upon rows of wine grapes. A lot more money to be made with wine.
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kale, take mason jar place kale inside water with mint leaf. let sit over night or up to 3 days for stronger taste. add piece of ginger.janejellyroll wrote: »What is even happening here?
Cold brew kale tea from the looks of it.
And a waste of a perfectly good mint leaf and piece of ginger11 -
stanmann571 wrote: »kale, take mason jar place kale inside water with mint leaf. let sit over night or up to 3 days for stronger taste. add piece of ginger.janejellyroll wrote: »What is even happening here?
Cold brew kale tea from the looks of it.
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This one is pretty good.
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geneticsteacher wrote: »This one is pretty good.
Mind if I steal this for the infographics thread?8 -
Enjoy. Google images is a goldmine.1
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geneticsteacher wrote: »This one is pretty good.
I like it, but I fear there is too many words for some.9
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