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Right now, the nation is abuzz with issues relating to health care and climate change, and at the same time the economic recession has (thankfully) brought many of us to look closer at the basic elements of our well-being.

I think that food - how we produce, where we buy it, how we eat it, our emotional relationship to it, and the culture surrounding it - is a huge part of the major progressive change our nation so badly needs. I think that if we improve the American food system, we could really do a lot to solve many of our environmental and health care concerns. This blog is my offering towards a better world through better food culture in America.

While my Food Stamp Challenge project has come to an end, I still post periodically on anything and everything dealing with food. You can see what I learned in my Food Stamp Challenge by reading the Greatest Hits posts linked to the right side of the page.

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Stay Hungry,

Julie

Sunday, November 29, 2009

NYTimes: Food Stamp Use Soars

Big article in today's New York Times:

The Safety Net

Food Stamp Use Soars, and Stigma Fades

Stephen Crowley/The New York Times

A GROWING NEED FOR A PROGRAM ONCE SCORNED Greg Dawson and his wife, Sheila, of Martinsville, Ohio, help feed their family of seven with a $300 monthly food stamp benefit. Center and right, the food pantry in Lebanon, Ohio, where residents can also enroll in what is formally called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
With food stamp use at record highs and climbing every month, a program once scorned as a failed welfare scheme now helps feed one in eight Americans and one in four children.
Posted by at 9:39 PM

1 comments:

  1. Thank goodness for helpful resources such as this for those in need!

    Blessings on you for doing your part to help!

    Warmly,
    Mother Connie
    http://foodstampscookingclub.com/blog

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