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It wasn't YOUR lack of understanding about food allergies I was pointing out; rather, the mother of the allergic child. Typical food allergens are present in a food regardless of whether it's conventionally grown or organic. Presume much?
I've spent several months now researching the topic of obesity in this country, and you're precisely right on the score that most people either a) lack the skill to cook, or b) don't care to put forward the effort. I'd add a third category of people who do not have time to cook, or rather think that cooking would take too much time. I have developed a school-based intervention aimed at combating some of these myths about cooking. My hope is to someday acquire grant funding to make this school-based intervention a reality, so that I can help adolescents learn how to cook and read labels, among other things.
As for reselling at farmer's markets, yes, that's all too believable, unfortunately. Good markets generally have rules about resellers, but good markets aren't available everywhere. I'm fortunate to live in a part of the country where the farmer's market scene is taken very seriously and resellers are not allowed; some established farmers are allowed to resell produce, but only under very strict guidelines.
I suppose I am more optimistic, and think that after a while, these small changes must add up to something. Besides, the food tastes better to me and I like talking to my farmers directly about what they've grown.
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If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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