Organic Food - Part II

By Noah

A beautiful sunny March afternoon spent in Whole Foods Market in the heart of Yorkville, and I felt positively on top of the world. I had a grocery cart brimming with veggies, fruits, meats, bread, cereal, nuts and pastas – and all of them had the word ORGANIC plastered on their side. After some 30 minutes wandering the aisles of this aesthetically stunning grocery store staring at rows upon rows of produce, it dawned on me that it looked somewhat identical to any other grocery store, with 2 major differences.

A) Almost everything was organic.

Sweet.

B) Everything was uber expensive.

Not so sweet.

WWOOF: a primer

By John

Volunteering: as a lower-upper-middle-class kid with a huge sense of entitlement, it was a departure for me to contemplate an exchange that was so seemingly one sided. Fortunately for me, my sense of adventure triumphed over my cynical complacency, and I decided to volunteer on organic farms while I traveled Western Europe.