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An Accidental Hedonist face-off

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June 11, 2009

So a while back, blogger Kate Hopkins of the Accidental Hedonist posted a quick list of four reasons why industrial food is so bad. A commenter took issue with the list, saying that the problem wasn’t the food establishment but consumers themselves. So Hopkins responded with a lengthier explication, concluding that “an average consumer will have difficulty making valid choices if the information they’re provided is compromised by lies, distortions, misdirection, and embellishment.”

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