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<blockquote data-quote="MO_cows" data-source="post: 686803" data-attributes="member: 9169"><p>Bez, I'm sorry that your glass has run empty. Mine is still half full.</p><p></p><p>Lucky me, I have been the one responsible for grocery shopping for 30 years now. Seen a lot of changes in that time. NEVER thought I would see the day where 'organic', 'hormone free', 'cage free', 'BST free', vegetarian, etc. would be all over the grocery store, produced and marketed by corporate mega ag. But that day is here. It's not just a bunch of hippies at the farmers market or specialty grocery store anymore. So the only logical conclusion is that the average shopper DOES care where their food came from and how it was produced. More so now than any time in the last 30 years.</p><p></p><p>The COOL labeling really stands out at the seafood/premium meat counter. There is the "farm raised, product of Thailand" shrimp right next to the "wild caught, product of USA" shrimp. The USA shrimp are twice as big and twice the price. The clerk told me they are selling more of the USA shrimp. </p><p></p><p>I think the video HD posted and other educational advertising can have an impact. And that most people do care what they feed their kids. And that they are willing to pay a cost differential for the domestic product as long as 1) their household isn't in desparate trouble and 2) they perceive it to be better. That video made a big impact on HD or she wouldn't have posted it with umpteen exclamation marks. It showed her things she didn't know before and she's way more educated about food production than Mrs. average consumer. So this type of education is important and effective.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MO_cows, post: 686803, member: 9169"] Bez, I'm sorry that your glass has run empty. Mine is still half full. Lucky me, I have been the one responsible for grocery shopping for 30 years now. Seen a lot of changes in that time. NEVER thought I would see the day where 'organic', 'hormone free', 'cage free', 'BST free', vegetarian, etc. would be all over the grocery store, produced and marketed by corporate mega ag. But that day is here. It's not just a bunch of hippies at the farmers market or specialty grocery store anymore. So the only logical conclusion is that the average shopper DOES care where their food came from and how it was produced. More so now than any time in the last 30 years. The COOL labeling really stands out at the seafood/premium meat counter. There is the "farm raised, product of Thailand" shrimp right next to the "wild caught, product of USA" shrimp. The USA shrimp are twice as big and twice the price. The clerk told me they are selling more of the USA shrimp. I think the video HD posted and other educational advertising can have an impact. And that most people do care what they feed their kids. And that they are willing to pay a cost differential for the domestic product as long as 1) their household isn't in desparate trouble and 2) they perceive it to be better. That video made a big impact on HD or she wouldn't have posted it with umpteen exclamation marks. It showed her things she didn't know before and she's way more educated about food production than Mrs. average consumer. So this type of education is important and effective. [/QUOTE]
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