Fifty years ago, while traveling in rural areas, my vegetarian option was grilled cheese (on white bread) with fries, and maybe some soup if it was tomato or some such thing. But then Subway came along, and was followed by healthier options in all kinds of restaurants. A large Canadian Pizza chain that we go to a couple times a year has not one, put two vegi-burger options. It also serves bowls of quinoa and black beans. There is a ton of vegetarian and gluten free stuff, and the waitresses don't even look at you like you're weird. What the heck is going on?
Boss and I just returned from a short road trip to our neighbouring Canadian province, Saskatchewan. I have farmer in my blood so am always interested in crops. As a kid it was about 60% wheat, some barley, some oats, occasionally flax, and then Canola came along. This time I stopped to get out of the car no less than 5 times to investigate the crops. The 5 new crops were some type of pea, fava bean, chick peas, red lentils, and soybean. Some of it is for cattle, and some is for human consumption.
There are just so many trends:
- far less pop in the aisle, far more juice
- greater selection of veggies, addition of exotic imported stuff
- away from white everything
- less salt, less sugar
- hospitals have nutritionists
- organic
- buy local
So what's the deal? What's driving this, and are there more trends where you live?
Boss and I just returned from a short road trip to our neighbouring Canadian province, Saskatchewan. I have farmer in my blood so am always interested in crops. As a kid it was about 60% wheat, some barley, some oats, occasionally flax, and then Canola came along. This time I stopped to get out of the car no less than 5 times to investigate the crops. The 5 new crops were some type of pea, fava bean, chick peas, red lentils, and soybean. Some of it is for cattle, and some is for human consumption.
There are just so many trends:
- far less pop in the aisle, far more juice
- greater selection of veggies, addition of exotic imported stuff
- away from white everything
- less salt, less sugar
- hospitals have nutritionists
- organic
- buy local
So what's the deal? What's driving this, and are there more trends where you live?