Marketing, business, and politics are all elements of the current food system. At OpenSecrets.org, the Center for Responsive Politics indicates that $30 million dollars was spent on lobbying for food policies with the most money from Coca-Cola Co, PepsiCo Inc, and McDonald’s Corp. It’s indicated that the American Beverage Association went from $700,000 in 2008 to…
Author: ShariJacobs
Obeseogenicity
Determining if obesity is a disease is challenging in the face of an incomplete definition of what calculates as obesity.
Disseminating fruits and vegetables
Food deserts and the obnoxious effort to wander a massive grocery stores are only two of the many reasons fruits and vegetables aren’t being consumed and weight and health is altered. I support the idea that modern day food trucks can become the fruit and vegetable dissemination method of this century. #EFFen V’s. #similartoanicecreamtruck #themesong.and.all http://www.gofundme.com/foodtruckinfruitveggies
Eat Me.
Pea shoots and sugar snap peas are delightful in a bowl mixed with salty soy sauce or spicy vinegar drenches. #likingitwithoutlettuce. #sideofblueberries #naughtyfoodfight: Pervasive food advertising is happening. Smarty pants foodstuff sellers are wise and use pervasive food advertising to youth. They are making eating oddly normal. This leads to obese behaviors. WE DONT WANT NO…
Know about your dopamine…
The dopamine 2 receptor is strongly implicated in feeding behavior and reward, specifically the ‘wanting’ of food. These foodstuff makers are feeding the dopamine 2 receptors and altering your brain. #naughtyfoodfight #eatwholesomely
Pineapple Stickiness
The best case scenario is that pineapples are available at the market, there is a reasonable price tag, and that you know the delights of this juicy treat. What if you’ve never had a pineapple fresh cut from it’s leaves. You don’t know what you don’t know. Every child should have the chance to taste…
Do it for real. #foodtruckin
Food trucks are feeding the nation. So far, near here, there are food truck festivals and weekend food truck parking lot concessions around town. Restaurants are food trucking, too! Making fancy food truck food and serving it elsewhere. Movable locale. The concept works because it takes food to the people. Get it to the people….
It’s happening!!!
The food fight is on. GMO OMG movie is showing the low understanding of what is happening to our foods and now it’s getting a blast of notoriety. #NOGMO. The need to feed is caught up on speed. To everyone’s detriment quite likely, please remember.