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Look at how popular organic, ethical and local food has become in the last few years. You have restaurant chains based on these ideas, supermarkets like Whole F
by jdavis703 9y ago
Look at how popular organic, ethical and local food has become in the last few years. You have restaurant chains based on these ideas, supermarkets like Whole Foods, and food processors like Amy’s. This is because consumers are voting with their wallet. I like to think it’s been inspired in part by documentaries like Fast Food Nation, What The Health and Supersize Me, certainly that’s how I became a more conscious consumer.
- enord 9y agoYes, but farmed salmon is making a killing. How many documentaries before you quit sushi? Can you be a conscious consumer on all aspects of your consumption, can anyone?
- jdavis703 9y agoI think we can all can be more responsible in our consumption. I’m vegetarian. I try to buy single-material products that I can recycle. I try to avoid companies that behave particularly egregiously; when Blue Bottle was acquired by Nestle I stopped patronizing them. I only purchase pasture raised eggs. I rarely drive, when I do drive it’s towards parks in rural areas. I’m not perfect, but the idea of a rational consumer optimizing for maximum consumption at the lowest price and inconvenience doesn’t hold true for many.
- fpoling 9y agoFor a longer term the usage of "killing" here can be quite literal due to potential for disaster with antibiotics. In shorter terms I can clearly see how conscious consumption affects local shelves in supermarkets. Like 5-4 years ago in Norway I has to go a special health food store to bye vegan products. Now the cheapest supermarkets offers it and one can get a vegan burger at local Macdonalds.
- Moru 9y agoThis is because the industry knows we are prepared to pay a lot more for less if we believe it is ecological. Look at all chains with their own eco branding that has its own criteria of what eco produced means.