Comments on: Food Stamp Project: Day 3

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 22:57:46 +0000

wow! talk about a savvy shopper. my mom is a religious coupon clipper & user. she is always so proud to tell us the amt she saved that week by using coupons! thankfully she saves them each week for me, too! lots of grocery stores will double & even triple certain amts.

By: Amanda Cowan

Amanda Cowan — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 22:23:44 +0000

That is truly amazing but makes so much sense. I mean, obviously not to the point of being violent but Chris and I both get snarky and cranky when we are hungry! Last night, we went out to eat (Chris had a particularly bad day at work and needed to talk about it) but couldn’t agree on where the restaurant was and we ended up bickering about it in the car!! Hunger truly does affect your mood!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:19:40 +0000

You amaze me and obviously have touched many people with your story. Keep it up girl.

By: LLA

LLA — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:14:12 +0000

Another quite thought provoking post. Again, I thank you…

By: melati

melati — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:11:05 +0000

I am being a poo-head because I’m sick and cranky and haven’t slept more than 3 hrs a night for 2 weeks, but wouldn’t a .60 lb box of pasta be more economical than a $4 spaghetti squash?

Pasta isn’t unhealthy! And it would bring up your caloric intake a bit more.

By: bekka

bekka — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:18:47 +0000

wow. the power of peanut butter. i’m glad this is only 5 days! how can you stand it, ms. activity?

By: robin green eye

robin green eye — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:27:38 +0000

I remember well the days of living off Ramen noodles and the charity of friends that worked at fast food joints. Being hungry is horrible. Working at Starbucks and now Borders I am floored by how much food they throw away daily, and that an employee can get FIRED for taking the stuff! It’s insane.

By: beki

beki — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 14:21:21 +0000

So many things to think about. Thank you for raising my awareness to this problem.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 13:23:57 +0000

In Ukraine street kids start inhaling glue simply because it curbs their appetite….then you have a society of new drug addicts……So yes, people not getting enough to eat causes more problems in a society……

By: Ash

Ash — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 09:06:33 +0000

What startles me is the cost of fresh food over in the US! I’m visiting the organic store later today and I’ll take a photo for my blog of the amount of fruit and vegetables I get for the 11 euros I pay per week.

By: Gracie

Gracie — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 08:47:55 +0000

It’s very sad we think for granted a lot of things in our lives, like food on the table three times a day. And how easily we throw away the leftovers, without thinking that just our leftovers would keep someone else alive or in better health. I can’t promise to spend less money in food, but I do surely promise to better manage my food supply and be careful not to waste any ot it anymore. Thank you Kelli.

By: Aimee

Aimee — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 05:00:47 +0000

One of the schools here had a breakfast program and it made a big difference.

I think that it would be really hard to make a food stamp budget work and still be healthy. Just think of all the ramen noodles you could buy, but fruits and veg are so much more money.

By: rohankitter

rohankitter — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 04:50:00 +0000

I can believe the peanut butter story. It can turn ugly around here fast when anyone is the least bit “hungry.”
I’ve found that handing a kid a chunk of cheese also helps them focus to do their schoolwork at times. My husband as well as my boys are always concerned about when the next meal is coming along – and none of them has ever known true hunger. I can’t imagine what it’s like in families that do.

By: Sonia

Sonia — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 03:57:18 +0000

Kelli, I mentioned to you about my little project that never made itoff the ground………one of the things that inspired my project was seeing people in front of me spending more for junk food than they would have spent for nutricious food…..

I have always been an admirer of the Victory Garden projects back during the two World Wars and how the goverment and even some corporations put out booklets on instructions of how to grow food gardens and how to can the food grown.

My project would have had the government publish booklets on how to spend the food stamp allowances wisely and how to make it stretch, and include recipes.

By: Duda

Duda — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 03:31:07 +0000

I read that newspaper story too.