Reply #20: I am thrilled that Michelle Obama has taken on the cause

[handmade34]

...much needed and a big job to take on. I will not argue with you about cost. I can eat well on a few dollars a week because I am vegetarian, love rice and beans and know how to cook. The problem we have here is not necessarily cost. Is is seriously altering the way some people think about food and nutrition. My experience is that people are pretty testy when it comes to suggesting that they can eat better or it might be healthier (or better for the environment) to cut down on meat. Access is another problem. In many neighborhoods and communities you can't find fresh, nutritious food even if you have the money.

Processing and corporate production of our food source is the biggest obstacle to eating well. Most low income kids' diets are most likely 90% processed, high caloric and low in nutrition. The solution lies in drastically changing the way most people get their food, look at food, eat food and the environment in which they eat it. That is one huge job.