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"More than 60 percent of Utah’s residents are Mormons, who typically abstain from alcohol, caffeine and tobacco. With those vices frowned upon, candy is an acceptable treat. Hispanics like Hershey’s Cookies ’n Creme bars in disproportionate numbers, and Minnesotan buy six-packs of Hershey bars at higher rates than any other Americans, particularly in the summer (think s’mores)."
Tags: food distribution, place, food, religion, ethnicity.
Ethan Bernick's curator insight,
May 26, 2015 8:29 PM
Each region of the USA varies at different degrees. The distribution of Mormons in Utah greatly increases the amount of candy consumed in the area. This could be a perceived region. 
Shane C Cook's curator insight,
May 26, 2015 9:15 PM
Me as a mormon completely understand the desire of candy. Yes alcohol, drugs, tobacco, ect is frowned upon but what intrigues me the most is how candy is so dominant in that region. 
Eden Eaves's curator insight,
May 27, 2015 1:08 PM
More than 60 percent of Utah’s residents are Mormons, who typically abstain from alcohol, caffeine and tobacco. With those vices frowned upon, candy is an acceptable treat. Hispanics like Hershey’s Cookies ’n Creme bars in disproportionate numbers, and Minnesotan buy six-packs of Hershey bars at higher rates than any other Americans, particularly in the summer (think s’mores). |
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"One-third of the seafood Americans catch is sold abroad, but most of the seafood we eat here is imported and often of lower quality. Why? Author Paul Greenberg says it has to do with American tastes."
HazelAnne Prescott's curator insight,
July 31, 2014 10:56 AM
Seems like a messed up system. We do not have "taste" 
Abigail Mack's curator insight,
July 31, 2014 11:27 AM
What would make Americans opt for the lower quality, imported fish? 
BrianCaldwell7's curator insight,
March 16, 2016 3:45 PM
The United States exports the best-quality seafood that Americans catch, but import primarily low-grade aquacultural products. This is just one of the counter-intuitive issues withe U.S. fish consumption and production. This bizarre dynamic has cultural and economic explanations and this NPR podcast nicely explains these spatial patterns that are bound to frustrate those that advocate for locally sourced food productions.
Tags: food production, industry, food, agriculture, agribusiness, consumption, economic, sustainability. |
