Future of our Food
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07 Augustus 2012 | Duitsland, München
Today’s society is all about being healthy, in any way. Doing a sport is important, eating enough fruit is a must, not eating too much food is important, eating the right kinds of fat is something everybody should know about… And so on. Being healthy is starting to be a lifestyle for many people, rather than a healthy break from fast-food.
More and more people are starting to eat organic food. Whenever something is ‘green’ or organic, people automatically assume it’s better for your health. I like to agree with those people, because I don’t want to eat chemicals, but there is no solid proof that organic food really is better for your health.
Most studies about organic food have involved animals instead of humans, and other studies only show short-term (positive!) effect on babies and not the long-term effects on their lives. To summarize all the studies: if you want to see a positive effect of organic food you can find it, but if you stay completely objective both organic and non-organic food have its pro’s and cons.
But then again, the world of advertising doesn’t care about science. The media is projecting organic food in a positive way, so in the minds of people organic food is starting to be more and more positive. Marketers are starting to use this in a clever way. They realize that as soon as a product is called organic, it will sell better. So as soon as a product is remotely close to being organic, there will be a sign saying that it is. And this is exactly what’s happening more in Germany than in any other country.
Munich alone has about 20 shops that only sell organic products. There are German magazines about an organic lifestyle. Here in Germany, when they started selling organic products for the first time about 20 years ago, nobody bought it because it was too expensive and people didn’t care about it that much. Right now, all of the people we asked in the supermarket said they thought it was important to buy and eat organic food.
Organic food in Germany isn’t just a projection of the future of our food anymore, it is the future. Germany is far ahead of any other country we’ve been to so far, and according to the manager of the supermarket it’s not because politicians want it, it’s because people want it. These people are the kind of people that can change the way we eat, and the great thing is, they’re just like us.
More and more people are starting to eat organic food. Whenever something is ‘green’ or organic, people automatically assume it’s better for your health. I like to agree with those people, because I don’t want to eat chemicals, but there is no solid proof that organic food really is better for your health.
Most studies about organic food have involved animals instead of humans, and other studies only show short-term (positive!) effect on babies and not the long-term effects on their lives. To summarize all the studies: if you want to see a positive effect of organic food you can find it, but if you stay completely objective both organic and non-organic food have its pro’s and cons.
But then again, the world of advertising doesn’t care about science. The media is projecting organic food in a positive way, so in the minds of people organic food is starting to be more and more positive. Marketers are starting to use this in a clever way. They realize that as soon as a product is called organic, it will sell better. So as soon as a product is remotely close to being organic, there will be a sign saying that it is. And this is exactly what’s happening more in Germany than in any other country.
Munich alone has about 20 shops that only sell organic products. There are German magazines about an organic lifestyle. Here in Germany, when they started selling organic products for the first time about 20 years ago, nobody bought it because it was too expensive and people didn’t care about it that much. Right now, all of the people we asked in the supermarket said they thought it was important to buy and eat organic food.
Organic food in Germany isn’t just a projection of the future of our food anymore, it is the future. Germany is far ahead of any other country we’ve been to so far, and according to the manager of the supermarket it’s not because politicians want it, it’s because people want it. These people are the kind of people that can change the way we eat, and the great thing is, they’re just like us.
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10 Augustus 2012 - 13:32
Alexis:
Could you mention some pro's of non-organic food to me, as far as health is concerned? Because I can't think of any. How can food that is grown with pesticides, artifical fertilizer, herbicides, possibly be healthier?
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