Posts Tagged ‘poverty’

Sticker Shock: Organics and healthier foods are more available, but not everyone can afford them.

Sticker Shock: Organics and healthier foods are more available, but not everyone can afford them.

Edible Portland Magazine: Winter 2008 Issue by Kevin Allman In 2007, Oregon governor Ted Kulongoski and several members of Congress took the “food stamp challenge”: shopping and eating on a $21 per week budget that represented the average American’s food-stamp allotment. Kulongoski and his fellow politicians met with limited success; some managed the challenge, while [...]

Dumpster Diving

It’s not a pretty picture. This gritty reality may force a re-examination of our values and our beliefs about people caught within the throes of poverty. The people profiled in this video appear far from being crazy and helpless. Yet, for different reasons, they choose to obtain at least some of their food out of [...]