Why Big Food Loves the Death of the Homemaker (And Home Cooking)

Join me for a juicy culture chat on how ultra-processed food companies are profiting off the lack of homemaking and home cooking that is happening in the modern day. There has been a seismic cultural shift over the last century (on multiple fronts) that has led to a decline in the quality of food Americans eat on a regular basis. Fueled by a desire to work outside the home, fewer women are stepping into the role of homemaking and with strapped time, many families are relying on big food to feed them.

This shift away from whole, unprocessed foods, made from scratch, and toward fast food drive throughs, frozen dinners, and processed snacks is having drastic implications for our health. With over 70% of Americans being overweight or obese, we have a problem on our hands that closely correlates with the decline in home cooking and the rise in big food.

Tune into part 1 of this two-part series for statistical analysis of the decline in homemaking, along with some biblical encouragement on how wives are called to serve their husbands and families, just as the husband is called to serve his wife.

Scripture referenced in this episode:
Genesis 2:18
1 Corinthians 11:7-12

Publications/statistics referenced in this episode:
- Percentage of women in the workforce in 1900 vs. 1930
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/teacher-resources/statistics-changing-lives-american-women
- How the appliance boom moved more women into the workforce
https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/how-appliance-boom-moved-more-women-workforce
- Statistics on female participation in the labor force
https://ourworldindata.org/female-labor-supply
- 10 major social changes in the 50 years since Woodstock
https://news.gallup.com/opinion/gallup/265490/major-social-changes-years-woodstock.aspx
- Female preferences to work outside the home in 2019
https://news.gallup.com/poll/267737/record-high-women-prefer-working-homemaking.aspx
- Trends in US home food preparation
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3639863/

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