The Possibility DansCause is creating for the food ecosystem is the possibility of being Transparent and Healthy Most of the idea's should revolve around handing over the decision making process to the now well informed consumer. As of now, we have too many multi-corporate agrabusinesses running our food system under the for-profit umbrella. Although their is nothing wrong with profiting from the consumer, the profiteering should be that of a monitary nature, not a health related one. It's no longer feasible to take our word to the streets of Washington because they are invested in the current system as much as the shareholders are. This possibility is asking the question...How can the consumer take back the power of demand?
These "solutions" should not involve calling up your congressman or fighting the law. Rather, they should involve consumers taking action into their own hands.
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Not the killer app answer, but work with TipJoy and ignite a groundswell amongst passionate people to vote with their dimes, quarters and wallets.
The power of economic$ and PR tends to turn heads.
Good luck.
Public activism is great, but it won't sustain.
You need to get people that are interested in health with food to aim for a verification system that food producers will want to be involved in and will eventually seem compulsory simply because everyone is qualified under it in some way.
That system should include major health problems that part of the food may cause, and also perhaps include some of the benefits that individual parts of the food have shown to provide.
The system should also indicate how processed it is, because it seems, in general, that more processed food is less healthy.
It could be a certification, like LEED.
Something else that would help keep customers informed would be an app for a smart phone, such as an Android device. You would take a picture of a barcode of some sort on the food item and it would tell you the information that was outlined above. You could link it to your Google Health profile and use it to keep track of what you're eating and also look out for any interactions between different food items you eat, medicines you're taking, and disabilities they have; you get the picture.
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