{"id":2458,"date":"2010-01-08T02:13:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-08T07:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/we-can-change-it.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T10:01:42","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T14:01:42","slug":"we-can-change-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2458","title":{"rendered":"We Can Change It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_HAl9r2q_-j0\/S0aV0eNSeWI\/AAAAAAAACXE\/PG1OSMBlbBM\/s1600-h\/change.jpg\"><img data-opt-id=1049424862  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;\" src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_HAl9r2q_-j0\/S0aV0eNSeWI\/AAAAAAAACXE\/PG1OSMBlbBM\/s320\/change.jpg?w=735\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424187529908877666\" \/><\/a><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodanddrinkeurope.com\/Publications\/Food-Beverage-Nutrition\/FoodNavigator.com\/Legislation\/Well-informed-consumers-can-drive-food-change-Defra\/?c=d%2BEjT%2BDm97AZjInedqIB5Q%3D%3D&amp;utm_source=Newsletter_Subject&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Newsletter%2BSubject\">This is article is what I&#8217;m talking about.<\/a> We can change the culture of health. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><i>From the article &#8230;.<\/i><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; \">&#8220;Consumer power packs a punch when it comes to making food production more sustainable and healthier, says Defra chief &#8230; <\/span><\/div>\n<div><span   style=\"font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:100%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11px;\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; \"><span style=\"font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; \">\u201cThe irony is that a leaner, meaner food system squeezes people at the bottom of the heap \u2013 precisely those most at risk of eating unhealthily, being hurt by climate change or experiencing hunger.\u201d<span style=\"font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; \">.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Supply can create demand, but your demand will create the supply too. If you want better foods, purchase better foods.  <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Need an example? Organics are all the rage now, not because food producers are concerned about your health. They&#8217;re supplied  because you demanded them.   <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Change the culture. We can do this. <\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.addthis.com\/bookmark.php?v=250&amp;pub=willclower\"><img data-opt-id=1342684942  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s7.addthis.com\/static\/btn\/v2\/lg-share-en.gif?resize=125%2C16\" width=\"125\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Bookmark and Share\" style=\"border:0\" \/><\/a><br \/><!-- AddThis Button END --><br \/>For more information: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.willclower.com\/\"> Click here to visit Will Clower&#8217;s website. <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is article is what I&#8217;m talking about. We can change the culture of health. From the article &#8230;. &#8220;Consumer power packs a punch when it comes to making food &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[494,227],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-culture-of-health"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7Qv5g-DE","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2779,"url":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2779","url_meta":{"origin":2458,"position":0},"title":"Why McDonalds Changed the Oil","author":"Will Clower","date":"June 3, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"What is the significance when Fast Food giant McDonalds decides to go trans-fat free?According to this report, McDonalds is responding to public pressure to improve its image. 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