The poor can't afford fresh fruits and veggies, alas. The food they can afford, and the stuff the feds give away put on the pounds. Macaroni, pasta, beans, rice, etc..
Give me a break, every food stamp/EBT user I have ever seen has a cart full of soda and Twinkies.
Fresh and whole grain food is very inexpensive and filling. Rice and beans are not fattening unless you eat too much of them!
Silly propaganda.
I hear that small fiddle....
Beans & rice are very nutritious and low cal to boot. Funny the poor can always afford soda & cigs.
good points.
What nonsense. I was at Walmart yesterday, and they had 5 pluots for $1, apples 3 for $1, same for kiwi, and bananas are always cheap. Squash has jumped in price, but you can buy bunches of broccoli, carrots, and roma tomatoes cheap. But all that slavish work of washing them, putting on a pot to boil, and steaming them is probably too much to ask after a tough day of scratching lotto tickets and watching Oprah.