On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 11:30 AM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Joanna: "They say fresh food is more expensive"
>
> [WS:] I do not think it is true, unless you shop at Whole Paycheck and
> similar yuppie outlets. We buy produce in either Asian or Latin American
> groceries that cater to lower income folk, and you can get very decent
> prices there. Ditto for seafood (I don't know about meat because we don't
> buy it). The only exception may be tomatoes - canned are generally less
> expensive than fresh, but then canned have the same if not better
> nutritious value than fresh ones.
>
> The problem is not prices but habits. My wife tells me that her students,
> many of whom are on free or reduced meals, have money for expensive fashion
> items and electronics, but do not have money for food. It is clearly an
> issue of priorities rather than food prices. That can be further
> demonstrated by the fact that they often discard veggies and other
> nutritious supplements from lunches served in the school cafeteria. This
> holds for the adults as well - I know many people, especially in the
> mid-west, who would not touch a green vegetable to the point that they
> throw away lettuce and tomatoes from hamburgers served at MacDonalds.
>
>
>
> --
> Wojtek
>
> "An anarchist is a neoliberal without money."
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