--- title: We’ve Got the Wrong Idea About ‘Processed Food‘ description: We’ve got the wrong idea about ‘processed food,' pink ribbons are everywhere this month and more. canonical: https://time.com/4985482/weve-got-the-wrong-idea-about-processed-food/ author: TIME article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-17T16:00:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:58:24.104Z article:section: Ideas og:title: We’ve Got the Wrong Idea About ‘Processed Food‘ og:description: And four more of today's best ideas og:url: https://time.com/4985482/weve-got-the-wrong-idea-about-processed-food/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: We’ve Got the Wrong Idea About ‘Processed Food‘ twitter:description: And four more of today's best ideas twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # We’ve Got the Wrong Idea About ‘Processed Food‘ by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Oct 17, 2017 4:00 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Oct 17, 2017 4:00 PM CUT **1\.** [**We’ve got the wrong idea about ‘processed food.’**](https://www.thecut.com/2017/10/processed-food-gets-an-unfair-bad-rap.html "undefined") By Jenny Splitter in the _Cut_ **2\.** [**Pink ribbons are everywhere this month. Here’s how to keep the support going.**](https://www.thriveglobal.com/stories/14329-put-a-pink-ribbon-on-it-and-then-do-more "undefined") By Gillian Kline at _Thrive Global_ **3\.** [**This is one reason why we’re so bad at understanding Africa.**](https://qz.com/1104065/anglophone-africa-gets-favored-by-academic-researchers-over-francophone-and-lusophone-africa/ "undefined") By Abdi Latif Dahir in _Quartz_ **4\.** [**If you drive less than 10,000 miles a year, you probably shouldn’t own a car.**](https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2017/10/if-you-drive-less-than-10000-miles-a-year-you-probably-shouldnt-own-a-car/542988/ "undefined") By F. Todd Davidson and Michael E. Webber in _Citylab_ **5\.** [**Movie theaters should have intermissions.**](https://lifehacker.com/movie-theaters-should-have-intermissions-1819443812 "undefined") By Nick Douglas at _Lifehacker_  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/ "undefined") _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4985482/weve-got-the-wrong-idea-about-processed-food/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4985482/weve-got-the-wrong-idea-about-processed-food/"},"headline":"We’ve Got the Wrong Idea About ‘Processed Food‘","datePublished":"2017-10-17T16:00:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:58:24.104Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4985482/weve-got-the-wrong-idea-about-processed-food/","keywords":["Five Best Ideas","Africa","Innovation","Food","movies","Breast Cancer","cars"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/five-best-ideas/","name":"Five Best Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4985482/weve-got-the-wrong-idea-about-processed-food/","name":"We’ve Got the Wrong Idea About ‘Processed Food‘"}}]}] ```