#SaveYouAClick: It gets a lot more expensive, so if you are not seriously privileged, this will be a serious budget hit. In other words, for average people, next to impossible (and it is designed that way).

> My family tried to eat fewer ultra-processed foods for five years. Here’s what we learned
https://www.theguardian.com/global/2026/apr/20/ultra-processed-foods-diet-healthy-eating

#BadEconomy #food #BigFood #FoodInsecurity

But I buy a number of these brands too.

"Cornucopia offers this list of nationally available, organic brands that are currently independently owned. These brands are committed to selling only certified organic products."

"A dwindling number of organic brands are independent — most are owned by large conglomerates. What happens when an independent brand is bought out? ... In a common scenario, major corporations gobble up a successful brand, lower the quality of the ingredients, and sell it to us under the same trusted logo. Corporate owners take advantage of our brand loyalty."

https://www.cornucopia.org/independent-organic-brands/

#BigFood #IndependentFoodProducers

Damn. The longer I look at this chart, the more of my regular purchases/ brands I see are owned by multibillion dollar companies.

"Nearly all of the 30 largest processors in North America have acquired organic brands."

https://www.cornucopia.org/research/who-owns-organic/

#BigFood

🗓️ Waterstones Gower Street will host an evening with CUSP co-director Tim Jackson, in conversation with Jen Morgan of the NHS Confederation's Q project, to discuss Tim's latest book, #TheCareEconomy | London, 18 Mar, 6.30pm.

⭕️ Join a discussion exploring how we can rebuild society around principles of care rather than conquest.

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The high price of cheap food—who’s counting the cost of our national diet? // To accompany the launch of the new report from the UK's Food, Farming and Countryside Commission, CUSP director and FFCC commissioner @ProfTimJackson explores the hidden costs of our national diet, asking who truly bears the price of a booming fast-food industry and what it means for our health, communities, and environment. ➡️ https://cusp.ac.uk/themes/health/blog-tj-ffcc-net-drain/

cc #BigFood #BigPharma #PostGrowth #BeyondGrowth #Degrowth

CRFA - Big Food corporations and the nutritional marketing and regulation of processed foods

Gyorgy Scrinis

#Nutrition #Marketing #ProcessedFood #Regulation #BigFood

#Read all you want! #OpenAccess
#Share generously! #KnowledgeSharing
#Grow your understanding of #Food
#Repeat

https://canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cfs/article/view/113

🎧 Creating a Care Economy—This Deep Dive podcast with @ProfTimJackson explores how the pandemic and recent global conflicts highlight Care’s vital role in our lives, yet reveal its neglect in economies fixated on growth and profit.

➡️ https://timjackson.org.uk/care-economy-deep-dive/

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#TheCareEconomy #PostGrowth #WellbeingEconomy #BeyondGrowth #ProsperityAsHealth #BigFood #BigPharma #MilitaryIndustrialComplex HT Philip McKenzie cc Wellbeing Economy Alliance - WEAll