October 2012 · Feature · Page 150
Nom Nom
The Hipstamatic team explores some of the not-so-juicy details about the food we eat in America.

Every 3.6 Seconds One Person Dies of Starvation
There are no seasons in the American supermarket. Now there are tomatoes all year round, grown halfway around the world, picked when it was green, and ripened with ethylene gas. Although it looks like a tomato, it's kind of a notion of a tomato. I mean, it's the idea of a tomato.
Even if you don't eat at a fast food restaurant, you're now eating food that's produced by this system.
