U.S. - Activists dumpster dives to feed the hungry people of Oregon

Poor people have the worst diets because the most organic, most nutritious food is ridiculously expensive and sold exclusively at specialty stores while there's a McDonald's on every street corner that sells a pound of carbs and sugar for $1 each. Not only that - even if poor people wanted to save up and buy from these specialty stores none of them build locations in their neighborhoods. Ever notice when you drive through a shitty, poor part of town the only kind of grocery stores and restaurants are the ones that only poor people can afford? Its called a food desert. Look it up.

Christian organizations are taking donations all the time and christian organization are the main providers of food and shelter for the homeless. The only reason food is getting thrown away is because it's spoiled or people like you don't donate it to you local christian homeless shelter.

that's obviously bullshit, vegetables are like 30c

Your a fucking idiot.
I've been on food stamps wile in college as has my wife.
$200 per month is enough if your buying fresh veggies and meat from the local grocery.
These people spend their government handouts on bags of chips, uncooked pizzas, and $9 sandwiches from the sandwich counter

They're fat because they don't cook at home

This is a lie activists have sold you. Ther ARE food deserts, but they’re because of demand side market conditions.

The poor Mexicans here demand cheap as fuck rice, beans and fresh vegetables, all cheap as hell.

The poor demographic that does have a good desert here, First Nation and black communities have the garbage liquor stores with racks of slim Jims. They have refrigeration for beer and ice cream.

Food deserts are real things in many areas and ironically, not only inner cities. Many rural areas don't have decent grocery stores either.

So the solution to this nationwide issue is just entire communities and low-income families existing on a sole diet of cheap vegetables from Walmart? Wow. Stop the press guys you've figured it out.

>Calls me an idiot
>Proceeds to use a singular anecdotal experience as evidence that the statistics aren't real

K

>This is a lie activists have sold you.
Its just statistics, user.

>but they’re because of demand side market conditions.
Its a combination of both. Fast food is cheaper and easier to access. Shopping for fresh food every few days then cooking it and preparing it for your family seven days a week is more expensive and a lot more difficult for working class families to do, particularly in single parent households.

>The poor demographic that does have a good desert here, First Nation and black communities have the garbage liquor stores with racks of slim Jims. They have refrigeration for beer and ice cream.
Not sure what any of this has to do with what I said. Every place has slim jims and liquor stores - they're just more popular in poor neighborhood because slim jims and snacks are cheap. I just said that.

No irony. You get out far enough in rural areas, logistics gets harder. Canned fruit and frozen vegetables instead of fresh.

Supermarkets are not the only healthy method of food distribution.

What are some other ways poor, rural communities access healthy methods of food distribution?

>I didn't know Biden was responsible for the local police policy on food drives and COVID shelters.
You realize he wrote the federal 1994 crime bill yes?

So Biden authoring the crime bill almost 30 years ago not only makes current day America "Biden's government" but it also makes him solely responsible for the reason local police have been cracking down on citizen run COVID food drives and shelters? I'd love to hear how you made this connection, user. Please. Explain. I'm all ears.

Did you deliberately ignore the key point I disagreed with you on? You just restated everything I did agree with you on.

>stats
Exactly. The stats demonstrate the existence, but your claim on causality is fucked. Do you think capitalist pigs are unwilling to sell fresh food to poor people? There’s loads of vacant retail space in shit neighborhoods, so it’s not likely them bring locked out.

I would look at rural Latin America or America 100 years ago for examples. Less fixed infrastructure. More mobile infrastructure that can be shared among multiple communities.

One example. A market truck that covets several villages, picks up food, either from farm or market. Alternates food available that day. Tuesday northern produce. Wed, meat and dairy. Thursday southern produce. In town markets can have some additional capacity.

move away from the ghetto

Or even choose the Mexican ghetto