Triscuit is good for one thing, and that’s to be used in case the grocery store I frequent no longer carries Woven Wheats. Since I was stuck with a box of Triscuits, while I learned that whole grain white soft winter wheat apparently is not made up, I couldn’t help but think that this “home farming” movement that Kraft Foods is pioneering sounds like this thing that people used to do when my grandmother was a child called gardening. That’s so crazy how old ideas like growing your own food can just pop up out of nowhere after being lost for generations only to be brought back to light thanks to some crackers. Thank you, Triscuit, for showing us that it’s not necessary to get dill imported from South America when it can be grown in a (get this) pot in my own backyard! Home farming!
I know I should get excited when more people want to do things like save money, save energy, be more sustainable, but I get so tired of hearing the hack ways that these ideas are reintroduced as if they’re mind-blowing suggestions (save money by cutting out that daily latte, save energy but unplugging your atom smasher when you leave the house, reduce your carbon footprint by home farming). I mean, no shit. I think people should know better by now that whatever is convenient today is going to be a huge health/environmental issue that is going to drive newsmagazine stories 5 years from now (like how antibacterial hand sanitizer is going to cause skin decay or make water sources turn to a yogurt-consistency, or 100 Calorie Snack packs will be the main cause of heart disease). It’s annoying that a brand like Kraft Foods is going to soften its image and act like a savior to the cause when a big company like that (plus the consumer) is how we got obese and unfamiliar with real food to begin with (well, not me, personally, I look like this in real life).
March 31, 2010 at 8:55 pm
80& jokers trying to sell their kids for parts…. love you kelly.
March 31, 2010 at 9:11 pm
Gotta have values somewhere. You tell ’em Kelly!