Why is Whole Foods so expensive?

In this Our Changing Climate environmental video essay, I explore the what role Whole Foods Market plays in the split between industrialized organic farming and local small-scale market gardening and urban farming. I discuss the history and implications of an exploding organic market and offer up some conclusions about where Whole Foods stands and where the organic industry might be going.

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Resources:
1. The big consequence of the Amazon-Whole Foods deal no one's talking about: http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-amazon-whole-foods-farmers20170630-story.html
2. Michael Pollan's letter to Whole Foods: https://michaelpollan.com/articles-archive/my-letter-to-whole-foods/
3. FiBL's statistics on organic farming: https://shop.fibl.org/CHen/mwdownloads/download/link/id/1093/?ref=1
4. I also leaned on this paper for my historical knowledge: "The Organic Foods System: Its Discursive Achievements and Prospects" by David M. Nowacek and Rebecca S. Nowacek
5. Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan also helped shape this video

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