Kitchen Gardeners International: November chart-o-mania: food for thought

A number of different food trends have been playing themselves out over the past twenty years some of which are scientifically correlated and others coincidental. KGI supporter, Dallas Wisehaupt, recently sent us a graphic he developed (above) based on our October 24th post in which he shows the interesting inverse relationship between the decrease in home food production over the past few decades and the astronomical rise in obesity. The exact nature of the relationship is more for scientists to ponder and unravel than kitchen gardeners, but it seems logical that the easier and cheaper food becomes, the more of it we tend to eat.

For those interested in food costs in different countries, here's how a few randomly selected countries stack up against each other:

Posted by KGI on November 13, 2006 9:26 AM to Kitchen Gardeners International
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