Has there ever been a time when more attention was paid to what poor people eat? Cheap food–and I would argue cheap, refined carbohydrates above all–are blamed for a national epidemic of obesity and diabetes and nowhere has the scourge of modern diseases hit harder than among the poor. It stands to reason, then, that […]
I had not intended to be a featured speaker when I took the Metro out to Anacostia yesterday to sit in on a meeting of the Early Childhood Obesity Collaborative. But there I was, waiting for the part of the agenda titled “Ward 8 Gardening Project” in the auditorium of Matthews Memorial Baptist Church, when the […]
With ever increasing buzz around the idea of feeding kids real food at school, some local jurisdictions are actually taking steps in the right direction. Here in the District of Columbia, the food providor for public schools, Chartwells, a division of the international conglomerate Compass Group, plans to introduce fresh-made meals to replace the re-warmed […]
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