organic maniacs
The city has been affected by a virus for some years now. The virus is call Organic Food. It’s an epidemic, a fever which the white middle class all have. This phenomenon was exported to NYC from California. It’s a strange phenomenon with two completely different sides to it. On the one hand, organic food enthusiasts have created an incredible movement in favour of food self-sufficiency and health. Many Green Markets are held every week throughout the city and local farmers sell their healthy products there. The city has filled up with urban kitchen gardens in recent years. Greens are grown on loads of roofs in the city and the beehives up there are also
helping with natural pollenization (you can also find New York City honey).
The other side of the story, however, is completely twisted.
Organic food stamps have become a huge business and they raise strong barriers between the different social classes. Organic food is more expensive. The guest editor of The Balde carried out and experiment with his university students. “Last year I sent students to five poor districts to look for organic bananas. They didn’t find a single one. There aren’t shops selling organic food is poor districts, there isn’t any organic food, they don’t even know what organic is. Organic is fashionable, it’s healthy, but it’s frightening how much it’s reinforcing social
barriers.”
helping with natural pollenization (you can also find New York City honey).
The other side of the story, however, is completely twisted.
Organic food stamps have become a huge business and they raise strong barriers between the different social classes. Organic food is more expensive. The guest editor of The Balde carried out and experiment with his university students. “Last year I sent students to five poor districts to look for organic bananas. They didn’t find a single one. There aren’t shops selling organic food is poor districts, there isn’t any organic food, they don’t even know what organic is. Organic is fashionable, it’s healthy, but it’s frightening how much it’s reinforcing social
barriers.”
