Food for thought
Access to healthy food is a class issue. Not a new article, but I hadn't come across it before, and it lays things out really well. And if you need more food for thought:
That graphic comes from this article, which also documents the change in pricing for various types of items from 1978 to 2008. Unsurprisingly, the bottom two items that *dropped* in price were soda and butter; the top two items that *rose* in price were fresh fruits and fresh vegetables.
That graphic comes from this article, which also documents the change in pricing for various types of items from 1978 to 2008. Unsurprisingly, the bottom two items that *dropped* in price were soda and butter; the top two items that *rose* in price were fresh fruits and fresh vegetables.