Reply #18: so go to your local farmer's market [View All]

[greenman3610]

I get it how whole foods is a big company now, but I think
they have made a major contribution to educating people
about quality food and providing it in many areas, as
well as opening up markets for a lot of products that
didn't exist or were not available in most of the US
30 years ago.

I get it that these are sophisticated psycho-marketing tools.
Well, not exactly new.
On the other hand, one thing this kind of marketing does is whet people's appetite for more
of the real thing.

we buy eggs from local growers directly, as well as at the open air market.
This year was my most successful garden ever, and I'm looking forward to using
cold frames to produce fresh greens throughout most of the year.
My town is too small to support a whole foods, but we have a lot of
college educated people whose tastes have been influenced by
WF.
Now there is a small, locally owned "Organic Market" that has opened nearby,
that is providing a lot of the stuff I used to wait to pick up when was on
the road and near a WF. In addition, several local supermarkets are
carrying organic veggies, high quality produce, and a much wider selection of organic and international food
that I suspect they would not, if people influenced by WF had
not been asking for them.