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Food Stamp Challenge
| Wed, 04-15-2009 - 5:06pm |
Some friends and I signed up for United Way's food stamp challenge. The rule is you have to feed yourself for $7 dollars a day. Since I have quite a bit staples at home (rice, flour, pasta, canned tomatoes, beans, etc.), I am going to limit myself to $5 dollars a day and see how it works. It will be interesting to see if it is still possible to stick to my vegetarian, mostly organic diet. If nothing else, I will save on grocery money! ;-)

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I am glad you brought up some of the issues I have been thinking.
I checked our bankruptcy filings, we were allotted $550 a month for food for the two of us, plus $50 for laundry & dry cleaning (I don't do dry cleaning, rarely).
That's more than enough for us to live on. Average $126.92 a week.
Norma
"Patience is the best remedy for every trouble"- Plautus
I will confess to liking that store more and more.
Good thread.
Decent nutrition should not be a socio-economic issue.
Obviously if one is trying to feed a family on a tight budget, selecting organic foods should not be a priority. For me I do not mind paying a bit more for produce grown without pesticides for reasons more than just my own health. It is better for the environment, and more importantly, having dealt with farm workers (with no healthcare coverage) getting very ill from high doses of pesticides, I do not feel right giving money to food producers that are complacent on environmental and occupation health issues.
Not saying what is right or wrong, just a personal preference.
In downtown Detroit (clearly one of the most impoverished cities in the US, expecially now with 22.6% unemployment) there is a HUGE farmers market, it is located near a fresh spice place, nut place, meat and fresh fish and poulty stores and it is open 6 days a week.
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