I don’t think the intent or messaging should be to shame people for their choices in buying ultra processed convenience foods - because the real problem is that they don’t have the choice. Systemic factors have made whole, locally produced, healthy foods inaccessible for too many people - food deserts and the consolidation of the agricultural and food production sectors, and the fact that people juggling multiple jobs and childcare just don’t have the time to prepare meals from scratch.
Systemic problems require collective solutions, either from government or from direct organizing. But the first step is to identify the problem and research the harms that UPF and long supply chains cause.
I don’t think the intent or messaging should be to shame people for their choices in buying ultra processed convenience foods - because the real problem is that they don’t have the choice. Systemic factors have made whole, locally produced, healthy foods inaccessible for too many people - food deserts and the consolidation of the agricultural and food production sectors, and the fact that people juggling multiple jobs and childcare just don’t have the time to prepare meals from scratch.
Systemic problems require collective solutions, either from government or from direct organizing. But the first step is to identify the problem and research the harms that UPF and long supply chains cause.