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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
I'll also factor in that produce prices tend to fluctuate more than Oreos. Bad tomato crop? Tomato prices rise. Buying out of season? Imported produce is more costly. Frost in Florida? Oranges and orange juice prices will increase. Strawberries in winter are 3x the price they are in summer. People no longer buy according to season because it's not something taught nor is it something you can visually tell.
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You can visually tell that the product is expensive and therefore you shouldn't buy it.
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I live next to NYCHA Vladeck houses and I get to watch people pay with foodstamps and WIC all the time. They buy the crap that is allowed on the list. That list is crap.
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That sucks. They shouldn't be able to buy crap like that with WIC.
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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
I don't know, but let's look at the article a bit better and see 370 types of food healthy and unhealthy, 2004 - 2006 over time.
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It is painfully obvious that the researchers screwed the results. Come on, $36 per day? They should have their degrees taken away from them for coming to that conclusion.