Just before putting it in my cart, I read the label while the apples were grown in the US, the apple juice concentrate was from Argentina and China as well as the US. Once again stunned at the number of brand and type choices, I grabbed a bottle of unsweetened apple juice, thinking that I was on the home stretch. The last item on her list was apple juice. Can you tell that I’m a city girl and that she lives in the suburbs? Simply walking from the produce section to the dairy case provides at least ¼ of the steps of my daily Fitbit goal. The selection of items is so phenomenal that sometimes I have to just stop and stare at the shelves and display cases. Honestly, I treat going there as a cross between a field trip and a shopping triathlon. Trying to be a good daughter, I do my mom’s grocery shopping. Our story begins with my good deed for the day. Finding out where packaged food ingredients are grown or manufactured can be a treasure hunt, with hidden clues that puzzle and surprise even the most determined food shopper. And now I have another reason to read them carefully – and to examine other parts of packaging besides the label. Lately I’ve been reading food labels to find out how much salt and hidden sugar items contain. But wouldn’t you like to know where it comes from? Maybe you’re fine with food from halfway around the globe. But if you go to an “ordinary” grocery store looking, you will probably buy food grown and manufactured all over the world. There are even stores that specialize in locally grown and sourced goods.
The number of farmers markets has more than doubled in the past 10 years. The local food movement is big-time these days. I did not realize until recently that I should care whether my juice is from China.
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