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Katherine Gustafson
Washington, DC
Katherine Gustafson is a freelance writer and editor with a background in international nonprofit organizations. Her articles, essays, and stories have been published in numerous magazines, newspapers, books, and Websites. Find her on the Web at www.katherinegustafson.com.
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Katherine commented on the article |Thank you for writing, Cecilia
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Katherine commented on the article |Great piece, Kristen. That book is on the top of my list.
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Katherine commented on the article |Thanks for the insightful commentary, Jean! Great piece.
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Katherine commented on the article |Add to this that you can't expect your local farmer to sell you any type of produce you want whenever you want them to. Things grow in seasons, and many farmers I've talked to have expressed frustration that people don't seem to be aware of this and demand apples in May and asparagus in October.
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Katherine commented on the article |While personal responsibility is certainly a key piece of this conversation, I think it's important to recognize that people's eating choices are made within a larger system that is defined by very powerful and well-financed interests whose entire motivation is to direct people toward certain foods, the vast majority of which happen to be unhealthy. There are a lot of things working against the American eater, especially those at the low end of the economic spectrum -- limitations on what's available, what's affordable, what we've been educated about by our families and schools, what messages we get incessantly from media. That's not taking into account larger forces such as stagnant wages that go increasingly less far in covering living expenses, requiring people to work longer hours or more numerous jobs, which leaves them less and less time to cook fresh food. Government policy pushed by monied interests is in large part to blame for the state of our food system and our increasing levels of food insecurity, and while voting with dollars by buying healthier food is an important way of changing things, it won't solve our problem to lay all the blame at the feet of the everyday people who are responding to the environment that's been constructed by the wealthy power brokers who stand to profit from making it hard for everyone to make the better choice.
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Katherine commented on the article |I encourage you to watch it and decide for yourself.
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Katherine commented on the article |It really is unbelievable that this type of regulation hasn't been in place. Thanks for informing us all about the bill.
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