In the socio-economic infrastructure that our legal administration has endowed upon us, it has become significantly difficult for citizens, with lower incomes, to partake in purchasing organic and nutritional foods. The prices of organic fruits and vegetables, according to the United States Department of Agriculture (U.S.D.A), have reached record breaking heights. Inflation, in terms of food pricing, has become nothing, but obvious. Inflation has affected our town, Odah, severely. The people of Odah work tirelessly just to buy their essential goods. Odah is a hardworking town; however, it is divided. On the western part of Odah we have old creaky mills, old and dusty red and white barns, historic maroon red stables, ranches and yellow …show more content…
My mother, angry as a bull, grabbed my father by his worn out white vest, and called out – “John, Samantha, and Meredith, we’re leaving this sham of a store”. She then began slandering the government for violating our natural rights, as citizens, to purchase non-genetically modified foods. Naturally, I was terrified because our family has been purchasing from this specific farmer’s market before I was even born. I did not know how I was going to adjust to a new market or, maybe even worse, a Whole Foods Market. Furthermore, the transition from organic foods to genetically modified foods have caused great weary in the eyes of many previously organic foods consumers. Because no research nor experiment on genetically modified foods has been conducted, many have grown suspicious of consuming such foods; however, because of significant price differences, between organic and non-organic foods, many low-income citizens have no choice but to consume the peculiar non-organic