Comments on: Food and Class Status http://ruralpopulist.org/2005/11/22/food-and-class-status/ Rural News and Views Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:07:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Patriotskullface http://ruralpopulist.org/2005/11/22/food-and-class-status/#comment-929 Tue, 22 Nov 2005 20:13:18 +0000 http://ruralpopulist.org/2005/11/22/food-and-class-status/#comment-929 I work a lot with hunger and food insecurity in Iowa. The truth is that poor people have less of a choice in nutrition as others. If I am on food stamps, and I only get on average 70-80 cents a meal, I sure as hell can buy more food for my family with ramen noodles, mac & cheese, frozen pizzas, and so on. Sustainable agriculture and local food systems ARE in my opinion, the answer to hunger and food insecurity that takes nutrition into account. The problem is that it is marketed to well off city folk and often the access for the rural poor is limited if there is any. I guess I don't have all of the answers, but I think that there is a disconnect between the hunger community and the food movement. I work a lot with hunger and food insecurity in Iowa. The truth is that poor people have less of a choice in nutrition as others. If I am on food stamps, and I only get on average 70-80 cents a meal, I sure as hell can buy more food for my family with ramen noodles, mac & cheese, frozen pizzas, and so on.

Sustainable agriculture and local food systems ARE in my opinion, the answer to hunger and food insecurity that takes nutrition into account. The problem is that it is marketed to well off city folk and often the access for the rural poor is limited if there is any.

I guess I don’t have all of the answers, but I think that there is a disconnect between the hunger community and the food movement.

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