> Short of having food flown in from the EU, there is no way to avoid it, it is in your entire food chain, from top end restaurants to fast food. Even the Apple

> Short of having food flown in from the EU, there is no way to avoid it, it is in your entire food chain, from top end restaurants to fast food. Even the Apple cafeteria with its hilarious ever novel meal names! Preface: I live in the EU (again) and worked in farm to table agrotourisms and even spent time in Michelin kitchens in both Europe and US and worked as a horticulture Farm manager on Biodynamc and Organic farms for the majority of my culinary career. There is no need to fly anything in from the EU, other fine things like charcuterie, cheese or wine, because their is enough organic and biodynamic produce to feed a great deal of the US population; the issue is that very few Americans value good food and are prepared to pay the higher costs for cleaner more nutrient dense food--so produce managers are less inclined to buy more than 'just enough.' Also, most in the US place greater value in quantity over quality and that is a quality that I really think holds things back the most. It's a dilemma that I understand as a millennial, wherein you are constantly asked to take more and more of your paycheck to offset ever-growing costs of living and food ends up becoming the last part of your discretionary budget due to high rents with a majority of wages that cannot keep up with inflation. Gen Z is woefully stuck in this space by default. Where I take issue is when those same people are buying new phones every year and leasing cars with high interest rate and ordering doordash after dropping $100+ at the bar and a uber ride home. It's a problem without an easy solution because you can see it from both sides and it's not clear how to go about it, personally I always spent most of my money on food, be it at the grocery store or restaurants, but that is because I come from a culture that values the things cuisine avails about most things in Life, so it's not a hard sale. Prior to COVID I really thought we were on the road to get food culture closer to European and Asian standards int he US, but sadly... most of that has been lost. What should be noted is that their is a reason a hegemonic Megacorp like Amazon has not only purchased Whole Foods, but also moved into the medical field with it's acquisition of One Medical and they understand having a presence in all tiers of the spectrum and have tons of data from millions of people's food purchases via prime. > All of America's problems I could have worked around, one way or another, but not the food. >> Everyday, and I do mean everyday, back in the 'poor' western European country I now live, I celebrate and feel thankful for the decent clean tasty healthy food abundant everywhere. Agreed, (to an extent), but I live in Eastern Europe and I have to settle for un-certified Bio farm products at the farmers markets and Bio stuff from Germany/Austria/Italy/Spain sold at the (mainly German) Super Markets. It's not inexpensive to eat this way, but it's worth it to me.