Reply #130: This may be true... [View All]

[heliarc]

Depends I think... I go to a produce market that is DIRT cheap because it doesn't worry about Grade A... so it stocks veggies with blemishes rather than letting that stuff go to waste.

But I think that part of the problem is that fresh veggies are more difficult to package, and prepare. There's a box and container culture out there that makes it easier to use "instant" everything. Or at least they try to sell you that nonsense, and for people working a 70 hour week it may actually be worth it to avoid wandering around the vegetable section bagging and selecting veggies that they are going to have to trim, chop, boil, then clean up after. Why not just grab a frozen whatsit and throw it in the microwave?