http://stuffedandstarved.org/drupal/taxonomy/term/334/feed The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://stuffedandstarved.org/drupal/node/271 <p>An important part of the arguments I make in the book are about how poor people are denied access to food, even when they're not being denied access to food. </p> <p>Take, for instance, the food stamp programme in the United States, where 36 million people went hungry last year. Food stamps are designed to ensure that working families don't run out of basic foodstuffs. Given the redlining of communities of poor people, supermarkets aren't going to come in and provide fresh fruit and veg. But processed food giants are only too happy to offer product that can sit on the shelves of corner stores for months before they're bought. <span class='read-more'><a href="http://stuffedandstarved.org/drupal/node/271"> ... read more &raquo;</a></span></p> http://stuffedandstarved.org/drupal/node/271#comment 48.759270 -122.466354 Ch.4. Trade Agreements, Imperialism, Working Poor, Cold War Bellingham Ch. 10. Food Sovereignty poverty sustainable agriculture WA Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:08:02 -0700 Raj 271 at http://stuffedandstarved.org/drupal