Dried fruit is certainly "real" food.

I don't have a problem with a little prepared stuff now and again either, just wouldn't want it as a steady diet and much prefer the real, whole foods when I can get them. Not always an option here, unfortunately. My garden is now under the snow.
It is sad to think that children can no longer even identify common vegetables.
As for the parents, I suspect most would have zero interest in either taking the time to prepare whole foods or having a garden. They have other priorities these days. And they are welcome to them, of course.
All the more for us one of these days.
