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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At food pantries, people snap up the fresh produce when it is available. The claim that people choose to eat junk is in part false and in part true due to generational poverty and people tending to follow patterns. The programs around SNAP have been working to fix those root problems and now they are gone. You have no idea how hard it was, and how much effort and lobbying it took to get people to be able to use their snap benefits at a farm market. It wasn’t allowed at all until very recently. When it was allowed farmers invented the mobile farm truck to get the food into neighborhoods that don’t have those markets.
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The food pantry I volunteer in has most of the fresh foods left behind and not taken.  Meat and dairy will go- but fresh fruits and vegetables are not taken by most [/quote]

That’s because we’re all addicted to cheap junk food laden with salt, sugar and fat. And lower income people even more so given this sh*t is cheaper and easier to access than fresh fruits and veggies.[/quote]

Let me see. Apple of dubious freshness that counts as an item in my total and provides 60 calories, or a bag of biscuits that will survive the end times and nets 1,000 calories. Which one should I choose for my hungry kids?[/quote]

Except most people on food stamps aren’t short on calories.  They’d be better off taking the apples.  Even if not peek freshness for raw eating, make some applesauce, bake into something, can them.  Tons you can do with apples, especially in the fall when the food pantry is quite literally overflowing with them.  No one takes the vegetables either, just saying [/quote]

Again, you ignore the reality that these folks are short on kitchen equipment, storage space, and TIME.[/quote]

Why do people accept that the poor have less time? They spend fewer hours a week working than higher income households. That’s in large part why they are poor. [/quote]
You really don’t understand poverty. There are people working 2 sometimes 3 low paid jobs just to keep a roof over their head. Please learn about your fellow Americans. [/quote]

More excuses.  We ALL have more conveniences than ever.  Anyone can cook simple meals no matter how long they work. And no, poor people aren’t all working 16 hr days. Get real[/quote]

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