A few years ago, I began to try and make food at home, and to this end, I would shop organic. There was a farmers market chain near me, and I had grown up close

A few years ago, I began to try and make food at home, and to this end, I would shop organic. There was a farmers market chain near me, and I had grown up close to them, so I tried it out. And what I found was not a "health food store" but a store that was crammed with ultra-processed foods, sugary candy bars, quack supplements and health treatments, and even booze. Sure, the market carries plenty of food that is wholesome and healthy, but it is a veritable mine-field to negotiate and pick out the good foods. It was also extremely difficult to find trustworthy brands, when they were all so unfamiliar to me--none of the big-name grocery-store brands were on the shelves (though many big names had already bought out the organic brands, behind the scenes). So I tried a few other places, but I've settled on Trader Joe's. And that solves the brand problem in one fell swoop, because Trader Joe's simply rebrands every product for themselves. I'm not saying that TJ's doesn't have unhealthy foods on the shelves, but their selection and floor plan is small enough that I can swiftly find good-enough stuff and check out at the register, without feeling like I just navigated a mine field.