Europe Trials 'Food Social Security': Rising Prices, Cost of Living, Falling Access to Healthy Food

[NJCher]

1. this is a very significant development

I've often thought this is what we need to do in this country because so many people rely on nutrient deficient food--like fast food or garbage food from the grocery store. We all pay for it in terms of medical care--like for type 2 diabetes, hypertension from too much salt, etc.

I don't even know if most U.S. people would know what to do with a monthly allotment of healthy food.

Think about what you see in the grocery store: so many pre-packaged convenience foods. I don't even go down the aisles: I just visit a few spots like the dairy department or fish department. I raise my own vegetables most of the year and what I don't raise, I buy from a farmer's market near here.

Does anyone remember the link to a budget healthy-food cookbook that was posted here? Something like this could go a long way toward making a program like this successful.