Response to statement 'premium prices are worth paying for, with organic food, and there's no excuse to not pay it.'

I disagree in part about what you were saying about the financial cost of organic food. Yes- long term, the nutritional value will make it cheaper, but that doesn't change the facts for many people. I come from below the poverty line, and I naturally have many friends and neighbors who are in the same boat. Unemployed, pensioners, students, young adults, ect. We literally can't afford to make that choice. I know people, and I've done it too, who will skip a day or two of meals because we don't have enough food to last us a fortnight. Or we'll go for a month without buying any groceries because there's no money for it. My mother and I depend heavily on a food bank at the moment, and many people there rely on this food bank too as their primary source of groceries. This may seem all very dramatic and emotive but it's not- it's the reality and we deal with it.

It's a strange contrast- in third world countries poor people starve. In our country; the poor can only afford the cheapest food- convince food, fast food, chemically altered vegetables. You will find that those of us below a certain income threshold will have the greatest percentage of dis-ease, illness and obesity. This brings me to the really big problem, the one that needs to be fixed somehow, and what I intend on shattering with my community/health retreat/earthship community.

Over the past few days I've come to understand that the Wellness movement, as I'll call it, is so essential to the future of everyone. It really is. It provides education, support, and the right food. The problem, however, is that the Wellness movement, all aspects of it, is only accessible to those who can pay. The Healing Hotels of the World, for example, would be an incredible source of support and education. Only customers who can afford to pay for premium services and travel can access these services. It's the same problem. This then only targets and assists a very tiny percentage.

This provides large corporations, like McDonalds, with a very large and open group of people below a certain fiancial threshold, the one I was just talking about. They have grabbed this chance and are running with it. As long as the natural food industry, the organic food industry, and even the wellness movement, continues to make their services so inaccessible to those under 30k a year, this is going to keep happening. If you ask someone in my target consumer range, will they pay $15 for lunch that is yummy, healthy and has high nutrients, drink is extra, or $5 for a complete meal, drink as well, they will have to go for the $5 choice every single time. It's not a choice that is available to them.

I guess that's why I am so passionate about getting this community underway, with H.O.M.E. starting soon after. It seems strange that, in the Wellness movement, we're not able to provide homes, good food and good education in all areas of natural health and spirituality to anyone regardless of their history or financial situation. I really want to make sure it's there for everyone, and if they can't pay me for it, they can provide a few hours help around the community instead. There's always something that needs doing, after all. I am so inspired by the earthships- they will assist me in making sure that everyone gets every aspect of health, food, shelter, warmth, ect.