Grist Magazine (an online environmentalist rag) is doing a series right now on poverty and environmental issues. Today's report is on something we've discussed here often: that bad food is cheap, and healthy food bleeds your wallet dry. they explain the problem pretty well, and at the end point out some possible directions for solving it. I thought some of you might like to read this, as it sheds some light on how our government subsidies serve to give us $1 Ding Dongs rather than $1 salads:

http://www.grist.org/news/maindish/2006/02/22/philpott/index.html

alli

Thanks for posting the article - food for thought.

I dunno. I think the problem is way more complicated than cheap corn syrup, etc.

In addition, here in the Midwest, it's kind of hard to buy locally grown produce in the winter.

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I started reading this yesterday and was able to finish it just now. Interesting article, sad though. There is HFCS in many more products than I think people realize, it is not just in soft drinks. Reading labels is key to avoiding it but unfortunately I think a large part of our country is forced to read the price label, not the nutrition labels.
Good article, thanks for posting!
Jill

What a great (and disturbing) article Alli. Thanks for posting the link.