The Cooking Channel is running a program called "Hunger Hits Home." Its about Hunger in America....I watched it a few weeks back,, and wanted to share this with everyone.. To show.. For some reason they say we are the Richest Country in the World.. Really?? then why are there so many people hungry in America???
This just hasn't been happening since the Recession.. Its been an on going problem for longer than not.. We have always had food banks.. and thank goodness they have been there.
But right now with the Recession happening.. The Food Banks are getting very short on food.. Since living in Seattle,WA I have only gone to one Food Bank and that was here in the Market. There was a lot more fruits and Veggies there since that is the main thing being sold ... food wise anyway..
Yes, there are Fish Shops, Bakeries, A Meat Market...and lots of private people selling their wares.. And while living in a very large City, where to get to a grocery store would mean I have to walk to the bus stop, 2 blocks away,,,and have that bus take me on a 35-45 minute ride to the nearest Grocery Store where I can buy for less. Target downtown cost me $80.00 for groceries... and that was way to much for what I bought... Its the same on this program. It is showing a young woman with children having to just buy Top Romin in a very small Mom and Pops store.. and then taking a bus 45 minutes out to buy Fruits and Veggies...
Now why in the world can't we fix this problem???? That is the Question... I suppose for me it would mean to move somewhere closer to a Grocery Store. Someone the other day told me that if I moved out to the Suburbs, there would not be any Grocery Stores available for me... ?? Really ??? Because when I take the bus out to either on Aurora.. or up 15th Ave N.. All I see are Grocery Stores.. why are they saying these things to me??? What are they trying to tell me???? Like right now I should be waiting for the bus for Crown Hill.. I want to go to Grocery Outlet and then to Safeway. They are one bloce away from each other... And its getting later and later in the day. Maybe I will wait till tomorrow. I really hate going so late in the day..
You asked a good question. Wish I had an answer, Barbara. Hope you decided to wait until tomorrow to take the bus to the Grocery Outlet and Safeway, when it isn't so late.
ReplyDeleteTerri.. I still haven't gone to the Grocery Store..LOL.. I just look in the freezer and pull something out of it.. And for milk and stuff like that.. I just go to the little market in Pike Place Market..
DeleteWe prefer Safeway up here too as it has the freshest vegetables next to a local farm and the variety is good. Old Man can get his sugarless things and special diabetic foods. But if I had my way we would only shop at Farmer's Markets. The whole organic thing seems a bit expensive at times. It should be cheaper if the farmer has not used chemicals to grow it. It reminds me of the unleaded gas thing. We pay more to make them NOT put lead in it? Life is weird. I think part of our problem with feeding the hungry is indifference on the part of the 'haves' and and uneven distribution of wealth and taxes. I understand the anger out there. We didn't learn much from the guillotine and the French Revolution did we?
ReplyDeleteI know Karyn.. why isn't it cheaper than the Grocery Stores?? Because it hasn't been dusted or watered with chemicals...
DeleteI know when I go down to Pikes Place Market and guy fruit.. and veggies.. they tell everyone in the Winter that this fruit comes from South America......I don't want it from down there..What kind of water?? where did the water come from.. All I can see is the fruits and veggies are being water with sewage water... OH YUCK...