So true. I see it too - everywhere. The supps are so easy. Even when we were traveling across the country during covid, we served offal every week, whatever we could get. And it wasn't the high quality that we were used to, but it's still real food. When my kids were little and they were offered applesauce in squeeze tubes after swim pra…
So true. I see it too - everywhere. The supps are so easy. Even when we were traveling across the country during covid, we served offal every week, whatever we could get. And it wasn't the high quality that we were used to, but it's still real food. When my kids were little and they were offered applesauce in squeeze tubes after swim practice (and the like in all manner of places) I would always ask - is that a plant, animal or a mineral (ie salt) - if they couldn't answer (what is inside that package?!) then I'd suggest we just skip it. If offered an actual apple, the answer was very easy, and my response. Unfortunately, actual apples or the orange slices I grew up with are increasingly hard to find. Even the schools didn't like them when I brought them for our snack contributions or birthday celebrations bc they don't come with a nutrition label and can't be 'sterile' in the same way as a package. How to make real food compelling enough to compete?! an the ever present battle in modern life haha
The schools were just switching to that inane practice when my youngest was in kindergarten. Somehow the packaged fake foods with "free from peanuts and all common allergens" (also free from nutrition) were making their way into the school system. It's like they're grooming children to think plastic is food. Your kids are so lucky to have you Janine - and food is just a tiny part of that equation.
So true. I see it too - everywhere. The supps are so easy. Even when we were traveling across the country during covid, we served offal every week, whatever we could get. And it wasn't the high quality that we were used to, but it's still real food. When my kids were little and they were offered applesauce in squeeze tubes after swim practice (and the like in all manner of places) I would always ask - is that a plant, animal or a mineral (ie salt) - if they couldn't answer (what is inside that package?!) then I'd suggest we just skip it. If offered an actual apple, the answer was very easy, and my response. Unfortunately, actual apples or the orange slices I grew up with are increasingly hard to find. Even the schools didn't like them when I brought them for our snack contributions or birthday celebrations bc they don't come with a nutrition label and can't be 'sterile' in the same way as a package. How to make real food compelling enough to compete?! an the ever present battle in modern life haha
The schools were just switching to that inane practice when my youngest was in kindergarten. Somehow the packaged fake foods with "free from peanuts and all common allergens" (also free from nutrition) were making their way into the school system. It's like they're grooming children to think plastic is food. Your kids are so lucky to have you Janine - and food is just a tiny part of that equation.