And please don't say "foodie"
Blogging about King Corn a couple of weeks back, I wrote:
You could make an argument that for people below the poverty level, starving is worse than getting diabetes....
And today, as I prepare to eat well in the land of plenty, I see that many Americans can't afford to eat right, despite Earl Butz's efforts to make food as inexpensive as possible. That farm bill is apparently dead too. Eat well, folks. It's a privilege.
posted by Elbo @ 12:44 PM
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> "What the profession needs to do is figure out not just the science and appropriate guidelines but how to help people meet those guidelines."
how to help is the $64,000 question. it's not just about revamping the agro-economy, but an entire social economy.
there's a couple of cool guys i know who work from home and can take the time to make great food and eat very well. many folks can't afford that.
my wife and i constantly ask each other how the world got stuck on practically everybody working 40-plus hour weeks. yes, we know how; what we're getting at is we shouldn't be surprised that all sorts of choices are suddenly limited. families can't have dinner together; parents may not be able to look over the kids' homework.
we expect busy employees in their copious spare time to plan ahead, get various ingredients, prepare a balanced meal and clean up afterwards. it's a stretch. convenience will almost always prevail.
there's lots more that could be said about this, from all corners.
on second look at my last comment, there are (not there's) lots of more elegant and articulate ways to get at my point.
affordability is definitely an issue in what we eat, and it appears that as critical if not more crucial is whether we can figure out how to make our modern lives work.
ha ha! http://alouisianajones.blogspot.com/search?q=foodie
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