(Bad) Food Underground Network
February 8th, 2010 by SocProf and tagged Poverty, Precarization, Social Inequalities, Social Stratification
Remember this?
Understanding food stamps means understanding the food networks that the poor have to resort to in order to feed themselves. And those are not pretty.
AlterNet: Dollar Stores: The Last, and Not So Healthy Eating Choice, Before the Food Lines via kwout
Needless to say, in the current contexts, these stores are expanding:
AlterNet: Dollar Stores: The Last, and Not So Healthy Eating Choice, Before the Food Lines via kwout
But in typically American fashion, it is easier to have the First Lady engage in an anti-obesity campaign focused on individual behavior rather than examine the structure of food production, distribution and consumption in the US. Focusing on individual behavior leaves the Food Inc system unquestioned.
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