As a bleeding heart, leftist, libtard or whatever hateful name MAHA is calling me today, I was RAISED this way as well and my household is still non-GMO, etc.. Hell, I didn't know what soda was until 2nd grade. I am an American who was born in 1978 in Philadelphia. My mom made my baby food and we only shopped for produce and meats at farmer's markets growing up. We were probably around the poverty line and my mom was still able to make that happen.
Fast forward to our current economy. Healthy markets like Whole Foods cater to the wealthy. (I get it- businesses want to make money and generally focus on the demographic with the most spending power) No one has a problem with outlawing dyes, non-gmo food etc. but one of the (many) issues with MAHA is that there is no concept of how much these foods cost and how little money people actually have. Yes, people who work full-time, two jobs, etc. This is why the audacity of MAHA moms is spectacular. You cannot vote for this administration and also want all children to eat healthy, filling, square meals. It is impossible. MAHA wants to make sure that THEIR children eat healthy but there is seemingly no care about other American children having access to healthy foods. Poor neighborhoods are food deserts.
You are talking about ready to eat pouches, in the same paragraph that you said the school wouldn't allow you to purchase microwaves for the students. You are obviously not speaking from a place of need. Thankfully, I am not either - as I live on a very tiny island where food is very, very expensive. For reference, yesterday, a bag of organic whole wheat flour was $18.95, the same bag is $8.95 on Amazon. 37% of children under 5 on this island are below the poverty level. The poverty level is $32,150 for a family of four. How do you think those children are going to access healthy foods when cutting section 8 and snap benefits?? The average rent for a two bedroom apartment here is $2500. I just want one "MAHA mom" to tell me how a mother who lives here can make that work or simply tell me that they don't care about other people's babies.
P.S. The Finnish way is beautiful. I have close Danish and Swedish friends who share their lovely ways with my family often.
Thank you for your comment! Yes, food is an absolute fortune. Based on what I have read so far, I have not heard about MAHA initiatives beyond banning food dyes and government oversight on vaccines (and that's highly debated) that would be aimed at benefitting all the kids. The Nordic way to do, well, anything really is to benefit every child. I'm not sure why in the US many people collectively are so individualistic that they don't want basic rights for everyone, but hope to be so lucky that they can just afford to buy them for themselves. It's hard for me to wrap my head around why every woman wouldn't support and fight for paid parental leaves, free healthy lunches for all schools, free pre-Ks and especially free maternity and pediatric care -- before fighting for food dye bans. In my opinion, they are all wellbeing issues that a rich country like the US should have no issue providing?
I'm older, my kids (except for one) are adults, but I am totally behind the most of the MAHA movement. I wish I had been more knowledgeable about what was in our food and body products when they were younger.
I don't understand the rage behind what MAHA is attempting to do. So many of our US products contain ingredients banned in other countries and ingredients that we know cause issues. I guess addiction runs deep and people are not willing to give up the cheap and easy for things that are healthy and a bit more money.
This baffles me as well especially when it comes to how political it is. Someone pointed out on my Instagram that Michelle Obama really started the health food movement - when it comes to government oversight. And of course - she did. With real, concrete ways to immediately help children by transforming school lunches and promoting physical activity. But it's easy to forget it as even her White House vegetable garden might now be wiped out. Her approach was a more Nordic one - adding a society support instead of perhaps pushing it to moms which MAHA is doing much more. in the Nordics, moms across political parties haver supported changes that benefit families, but here moms are more divided than anywhere - don't you think? And it has become just another mom war?
Hi Joanne! How's the vaccine schedule in Canada? I was so surprised that Finland, which is incredibly pro-vaccine, had a slower schedule and less shots that the US. Of course, partly it can be because of what the community dangers are, but it seemed so wild to do so much so early, and less at a time. It's such a tricky topic when it comes to protecting everyone and also each individual child based on their health history and how they react to things right?
As a bleeding heart, leftist, libtard or whatever hateful name MAHA is calling me today, I was RAISED this way as well and my household is still non-GMO, etc.. Hell, I didn't know what soda was until 2nd grade. I am an American who was born in 1978 in Philadelphia. My mom made my baby food and we only shopped for produce and meats at farmer's markets growing up. We were probably around the poverty line and my mom was still able to make that happen.
Fast forward to our current economy. Healthy markets like Whole Foods cater to the wealthy. (I get it- businesses want to make money and generally focus on the demographic with the most spending power) No one has a problem with outlawing dyes, non-gmo food etc. but one of the (many) issues with MAHA is that there is no concept of how much these foods cost and how little money people actually have. Yes, people who work full-time, two jobs, etc. This is why the audacity of MAHA moms is spectacular. You cannot vote for this administration and also want all children to eat healthy, filling, square meals. It is impossible. MAHA wants to make sure that THEIR children eat healthy but there is seemingly no care about other American children having access to healthy foods. Poor neighborhoods are food deserts.
You are talking about ready to eat pouches, in the same paragraph that you said the school wouldn't allow you to purchase microwaves for the students. You are obviously not speaking from a place of need. Thankfully, I am not either - as I live on a very tiny island where food is very, very expensive. For reference, yesterday, a bag of organic whole wheat flour was $18.95, the same bag is $8.95 on Amazon. 37% of children under 5 on this island are below the poverty level. The poverty level is $32,150 for a family of four. How do you think those children are going to access healthy foods when cutting section 8 and snap benefits?? The average rent for a two bedroom apartment here is $2500. I just want one "MAHA mom" to tell me how a mother who lives here can make that work or simply tell me that they don't care about other people's babies.
P.S. The Finnish way is beautiful. I have close Danish and Swedish friends who share their lovely ways with my family often.
Thank you for your comment! Yes, food is an absolute fortune. Based on what I have read so far, I have not heard about MAHA initiatives beyond banning food dyes and government oversight on vaccines (and that's highly debated) that would be aimed at benefitting all the kids. The Nordic way to do, well, anything really is to benefit every child. I'm not sure why in the US many people collectively are so individualistic that they don't want basic rights for everyone, but hope to be so lucky that they can just afford to buy them for themselves. It's hard for me to wrap my head around why every woman wouldn't support and fight for paid parental leaves, free healthy lunches for all schools, free pre-Ks and especially free maternity and pediatric care -- before fighting for food dye bans. In my opinion, they are all wellbeing issues that a rich country like the US should have no issue providing?
I'm older, my kids (except for one) are adults, but I am totally behind the most of the MAHA movement. I wish I had been more knowledgeable about what was in our food and body products when they were younger.
I don't understand the rage behind what MAHA is attempting to do. So many of our US products contain ingredients banned in other countries and ingredients that we know cause issues. I guess addiction runs deep and people are not willing to give up the cheap and easy for things that are healthy and a bit more money.
This baffles me as well especially when it comes to how political it is. Someone pointed out on my Instagram that Michelle Obama really started the health food movement - when it comes to government oversight. And of course - she did. With real, concrete ways to immediately help children by transforming school lunches and promoting physical activity. But it's easy to forget it as even her White House vegetable garden might now be wiped out. Her approach was a more Nordic one - adding a society support instead of perhaps pushing it to moms which MAHA is doing much more. in the Nordics, moms across political parties haver supported changes that benefit families, but here moms are more divided than anywhere - don't you think? And it has become just another mom war?
Canadian here — I agree 100%!
If I knew then what I know now, my kids wouldn’t have had any vaccines till they were older.
Hi Joanne! How's the vaccine schedule in Canada? I was so surprised that Finland, which is incredibly pro-vaccine, had a slower schedule and less shots that the US. Of course, partly it can be because of what the community dangers are, but it seemed so wild to do so much so early, and less at a time. It's such a tricky topic when it comes to protecting everyone and also each individual child based on their health history and how they react to things right?
It varies province to province but in Ontario where I live, kids get a total of 74 shots before they turn 16. It’s insane