In yesterdays Globe and Mail an interesting article surfaced in the op-ed page regarding the increasing price of food and the (surprisingly) positive aspects of it. Essentially the author argues due to rising prices, consumers will be forced by their pocket-book to take more of an active interest in what they are buying at the grocer. In my opinion, what will inherently occur will be more label reading, food origin consideration and nutritional shopping as well less of a reliance on processed foods.
The author says that much of the world is already feeling the effects of high food prices, some journalists point to the current Tibet crisis having roots there in poor food distribution and lack of essential items. Moreover, the author states that the wealthy West has noticed food pricing increases but has not changed their buying habits and he feels that with time even the wealthy nations of the world will be forced to engage more in the process of buying food.
I feel it is about time people start to buy food from their region. Note I did not say local, I am not 100 mile crazy!
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