Re: Practice Babies
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Hmm...that sounds like socio-economic issues, too, Danie. I mean, I *know* what is healthy for my kids to eat, but the last week of December, we lived on ramen and pancakes. I can only imagine what a teacher will think if we're not in a better spot by the time I need to pack Allie lunches next year.
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To be honest, it's political in the US. Here we have subsidies for fresh food and it's ALWAYS cheapest to eat veggies.
I really urge you (and anyone else that has a problem with the cheapness of processed food vs fresh food) to write to your representative and stress the issue! It's not fair how things are done in the US. I was recently reading Fast Food Nation and saw Food Inc and I was really interested in the claims raised in the book and the movie, so I did some research and it's very much political. Big business has a lot of political interest and they're usually making processed food and growing stuff like corn and soy, but ultimately, reps want to get elected so your voice does count! If enough people speak up, maybe there'll be some change at some point.
Granted I'm single, but I don't have a lot of money either (at one point when I first moved here I was even living off 700 a month), but I've always been able to eat healthy on the money I have because of the EU subsidies.
[quote author=Deseret link=topic=1346.msg27702#msg27702 date=1294599404]
Hmm...that sounds like socio-economic issues, too, Danie. I mean, I *know* what is healthy for my kids to eat, but the last week of December, we lived on ramen and pancakes. I can only imagine what a teacher will think if we're not in a better spot by the time I need to pack Allie lunches next year.
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To be honest, it's political in the US. Here we have subsidies for fresh food and it's ALWAYS cheapest to eat veggies.
I really urge you (and anyone else that has a problem with the cheapness of processed food vs fresh food) to write to your representative and stress the issue! It's not fair how things are done in the US. I was recently reading Fast Food Nation and saw Food Inc and I was really interested in the claims raised in the book and the movie, so I did some research and it's very much political. Big business has a lot of political interest and they're usually making processed food and growing stuff like corn and soy, but ultimately, reps want to get elected so your voice does count! If enough people speak up, maybe there'll be some change at some point.
Granted I'm single, but I don't have a lot of money either (at one point when I first moved here I was even living off 700 a month), but I've always been able to eat healthy on the money I have because of the EU subsidies.
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