We’d like to thank Sylvia at Sipz Cafe and the staff at Rico’s taco shop for feeding us when we were too tired to cook.
Christopher would like to thank all of the punk and hardcore kids, free thinkers, artists, and teachers whose visionary work continues to influence this book and all else that he does. In particular the work of REFUSED, Fugazi, At the Drive-In, Good Riddance, Rise Against, By the Grace of God, Boysetsfire, Philip Glass, Ani Difranco, Saul Williams, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, Gregory Colbert, Noam Chomsky, Daniel Quinn, M. K. Gandhi, William DeJean, Gail Zides, Saturday James, Zoe Weil and the Institute for Humane Education, Dr. Tara Sethia and the Ahimsa Center, Steve Elliott and the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University, Peta2.com, The Che Cafe, 924 Gilman Street, Robert Pennington, Patrick Conway, Pulin Modi, Spencer Gooch, and Eric Davis. XXX.
Kerri would like to thank Mary Nobel, who pushed her to take her first great adventure in life; Brian McCall, for being an inspiring teacher; and Nicole Love, for the daily phone calls and continued strength.
Of course, no list of acknowledgments would be complete without recognizing our families for all of their love and support, our friends for keeping us grounded, and our students for giving us a reason to wake up in the morning (most of the time). And to Viola, Horatio, and Mrs. B., even though you’ll never be able to read this, your unrelenting love for us made writing this book that much easier.
Notes
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U.S. food supply increased: Nestle, Marion. Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Health and Nutrition. University of California Press. Berkeley. 2002.
high-calorie, energy-dense foods: Drewnowski and Monsivais. “The Rising Cost of Low-Energy-Density Foods.” Journal of the American Dietetic Association. Volume 107, Number 12. December 2007.
“supermarket redlining”: Patel, Raj. Stuffed & Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System. Melville House Publishing. Brooklyn, NY. 2008.
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Food Not Bombs: “The Story of Food Not Bombs.” Accessed September 2, 2009. http://www.foodnotbombs.net/story.html
grocery store auctions: Rubinkam, Michael. “Thrifty shoppers ‘Sold!’ on grocery auctions: Bidders are willing to take some food that is past its sell-by date.” March 25, 2009. MSNBC.com. Accessed June 5, 2009. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29865090/
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including Campbell’s Soup: U.S. News & World Report. February 15, 1957. the “gift of time”: Alexander McFarlane. “Of Convenience, Food Innovation, and Calling the Tune: The Revolutionary Imperative.” Food Technology. Issue 23 (April 1969).
two and a half hours: Patel, Raj. Stuffed & Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System. Melville House Publishing. Brooklyn, NY. 2008.
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enriched foods: Nestle, Marion. Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Health and Nutrition. University of California Press. Berkeley. 2002.
idea of enriching foods: Wilson, M. L. “Nutrition and Defense,” Journal of the American Dietetic Association 17 (January 1947): 13–14.
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thirty-six million people: Berg, Joel. All You Can Eat: How Hungry Is America? Seven Stories Press. New York. 2008.
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Greater Philadelphia’s Coalition Against Hunger: Greater Philadelphia Coalition Against Hunger. “News and Media Coverage.” 2006. Accessed March 15, 2006. http://www.hungercoalition.org/hungerinfo/newsandmedia/index.html
Oregon governor Theodore R. Kulongoski: Yardly, William. “A Governor Truly Tightens His Belt.” The New York Times. May 1, 2007. Accessed March 20, 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/01/us/01stamps.html
several members of Congress: Congressional Food Stamp Challenge. “U.S. Members of Congress Live on a Food Stamp Budget.” October 30, 2007. Accessed March 15, 2009. http://foodstampchallenge.typepad.com/
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): Denice, Karen. “Eating Healthy on a Shoestring Budget.” CNN. March 6, 2009. Accessed March 20, 2009. http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/06/callebs.eating.food.stamps/index.html
The Economic Research Service: Clauson, Annette. “Despite Higher Food Prices, Percent of U.S. Income Spent on Food Remains Constant.”
AmberWaves. September 2008. Accessed July 3, 2009. http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/september08/findings/percentofincome/htm average low-income…household Economic Research Service. Food CPI and Expenditures: Table 7. USDA. June 17, 2008. Accessed June 3, 2009. http://www.ers.usda.gov/briefing/CPIFoodandExpenditures/Data/table7.htm2009
national average food stamp benefit Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion. “Recipes and Tips for Healthy, Thrifty Meals.” USDA. 2000. Accessed February 15, 2009. http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/Publications/FoodPlans/MiscPubs/FoodPlansRecipeBook.pdf
USDA Thrifty Food Plan Guthrie, Joanne F., Elizabeth Frazao, Margaret Andrews, and David Smallwood. “Improving Food Choices—Can Food Stamps Do More?” AmberWaves. Economic Research Service. April 2007. 5.2. http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/April07/Features/Improving.htm
sample menus, forty recipes USDA. “Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Fact Sheet on Resources, Income and Benefits.” USDA Food and Nutrition Service. July 8, 2009. Accessed August 3, 2009. http://www.fns.usda.gov/fsp/applicant_recipients/fs_Res_Ben_Elig.htm
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Tracy, Jennifer. San Diego Hunger Coalition. Interview. July 24, 2009. food stamp participation “Eligibility and Issuance Requirements.” California’s department of social services FAQ. http://www.dss.cahwnet.gov/foodstamps/PG846.htm
state’s participation SPIN. “Barriers to Food Stamps.” San Diego. Lecture. August 26, 2009.
support the community: Bolduan, Kate, and Lesa Jansen. “Food Stamps Offer Best Stimulus.” CNNMoney. January 29, 2008. Accessed July 7, 2009. http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/29/news/economy/stimulus_analysis/index.htm
farmers market: “Building the Community.” City Heights Farmers Market. 2009. Accessed July 8, 2009. http://cityheightsfarmersmarket.com/wb/pages/building-the-community.php
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“The Women in Your Lives”: Husted, Marjorie. “The Women in Your Lives.” Transcript of speech. October 13, 1952. Husted Papers, Folder 2.
“Stamp Out Hunger” day: Levenstein, Harvey. Paradox of Plenty: A Social History of Eating in Modern America. University of California Press. Berkeley, Los Angeles, and London. 2003.
the work of Joel Berg: Berg, Joel. All You Can Eat: How Hungry Is America? Seven Stories Press. New York. 2008.
Winne’s analysis: Winne, Mark. Closing the Food Gap: Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty. Beacon Press. Boston. 2008.
article by Mike Hughlett: Hughlett, Mike. “Grocery Inflation Likely to Ease in 2009.” Chicago Tribune. December 26, 2008. Accessed July 6, 2009. http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2008/dec/26/business/chi-fri-outlook-food-dec26
shrunk the size of the jar: Martin, Andrew. “Ate a Whole Pint? Check Again.” The New York Times. September 13, 2008. Accessed July 6, 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/business/14feed.html?_r=1&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
“Poor? Pay Up.”: Brown, DeNeen. “Poor? Pay Up.” The Washington Post. May 18, 2009. Accessed July 6, 2009. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/17/AR2009051702053.html
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USDA needs to reconsider: “Food Stamp Recipients: A Profile.” Food Research and Action Center. Accessed July 7, 2009. http://www.frac.org/html/federal_food_programs/programs/fsp_faq.html#2
average family on food stamps: “Official USDA Food Plans: Cost of Food at Home at Four Levels, U.S. Average, April 2009.” USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion. April 2009. http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/usdafoodcost-home.htm
our area is far different: “Fast Facts: Encinitas.” San Diego Association of Governments (San Diego’s Regional Planning Agency). 2007. Accessed July 8, 2009. http://www.sandag.org/resources/demographics_and_other_data/demograph
ics/fastfacts/enci.htm
City Heights: “Community Health Atlas for Mid-City San Diego.” San Diego Health and Human Services Agency. March 2004.
both areas of San Diego: “Building the Community.” City Heights Farmers Market. 2009. Accessed July 8, 2009. http://cityheightsfarmersmarket.com/wb/pages/building-the-community.php
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Michelle Obama started a garden: Burros, Marian. “Obamas Prepare to Plant White House Vegetable Garden.” The New York Times. March 19, 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/20/dining/20garden.html
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“Downed Cow”: “Downed Cow: This Story Will Change Your Life.” People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Accessed September 2, 2009. http://www.goveg.com/downedcow.asp
global warming: “Livestock’s Long Shadow: Environmental Issues and Options.” United Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome. 2006. http://www.fao.org/docrep/010/a0701e/a0701e00.htm
working in a slaughterhouse: Roberts, Paul. “Spoiled: Our Industrial Food System.” Mother Jones. April 2009.
Immokalee, Florida: “Blood, Sweat, and Fear: Workers’ Rights in U.S. Meat and Poultry Plants.” Investigative report. New York. Human Rights Watch. 2005. http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2005/01/24/blood-sweat-and-fear
modern-day slavery: Bowe, John. Nobodies: Modern American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the New Global Economy. Random House. New York. 2007.
$2.50 a day: Ross, Jen. “Paying the Price for Growth.” Toronto Star. January 8, 2005, F5. Quoted from “The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved: Inside America’s Underground Food Movements” by Sandor Ellix Katz. Chelsea Green Publishing Company. Vermont. 2006.
36 million people: Shah, Anup. “Poverty Facts & Stats.” Accessed September 2, 2009. http://www.globalissues.org/article/26/poverty-facts-and-stats
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thirteen million children: Berg, Joel. All You Can Eat: How Hungry Is America? Seven Stories Press. New York. 2008.
a billion people worldwide: Cauthen, Nancy, and Sarah Fass. “Who Are America’s Poor Children?” National Center for Children in Poverty. November 2007. Accessed September 2, 2009. http://www.nccp.org/publications/pub_787.html
Searchable Terms
Note: Entries in this index, carried over verbatim from the print edition of this title, are unlikely to correspond to the pagination of any given e-book reader. However, entries in this index, and other terms, may be easily located by using the search feature of your e-book reader.
advertising, 19, 44, 51, 162
Amber Waves, 81
Anti-Racist Action, 162
appetizers, 177–78
Armstrong Garden Center, 154
Associated Student Body, 36
Back to School Night, 22–24, 36, 37
beans, 22, 30, 46, 57, 69, 82, 171, 172, 173
Becoming Vegan (Davis and Melina), 147
beets, 175, 176, 177
Berg, Joel, 115
Be Wise Ranch, 156, 174–75
Bikes Not Bombs, 33
birthday parties, 138–40, 180
black-eyed peas, 166
blog, 13–14, 17, 21, 30, 47, 53, 67, 68, 69, 70–71, 74
bread, 44, 45–46, 82, 90, 129, 132, 172
breakfast, 54, 64, 65
on dollar-a-day project, 15–16, 26
on healthy diet plan, 166, 172
on Thrifty Food Plan, 93–94, 116
broccoli, 26–27
broth, 186
Brown, DeNeen, 118
Brussels sprouts, 49
bulk, buying in, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 66, 69, 81, 89, 118, 122, 128, 171, 185–86
Burger King, 27
burritos, 9, 30–31, 57, 58, 121, 122, 129, 133–34, 182
Bush, George W., 92
cabbage, 175, 176
coleslaw, 94, 95, 175
California Food and Justice Coalition, 102
Callebs, Sean, 80
calories, 20–21, 24, 46, 54, 66, 180
in dollar-a-day project, 46, 56
Campbell’s Soup, 45
Canadian Broadcast Corporation, 69
Carter, Jimmy, 91
Center for Public Health and Nutrition, 68
cereal, 55, 64, 130, 132, 166, 167
cornflakes, 89, 90, 93–94, 129, 166
granola, 171–72
oatmeal, 15, 28, 38, 62, 64, 171
rice, 96, 133
chana masala, 22
cheesecake, 139–40, 160
Chicago Tribune, 117
chickpea dip, 95
Chinese cuisine, 21
Christmas, 73–74
Clinton, Bill, 92, 115
CNN, 80
Coalition Against Hunger, 80
coleslaw, 94, 95, 175
Community Food Security Coalition (CFSC), 191
Community Resource Center, 17–18, 21–22, 67, 71–72, 74, 77, 115, 116, 183
community-supported agriculture (CSA), 156, 165, 167, 169, 174–77, 181, 183, 186
cookbooks, 58, 176
cookies, 38–40, 50, 58, 126, 148, 165, 183
Great Cookie War, 38–40, 100
oatmeal, 38, 101, 171
corn, 36–37, 117
cornflakes, 89, 90, 93–94, 129, 166
Corn Products Company, 45
Costco, 17, 41–42
Cultivating Food Justice, 102–7, 110–11, 149
cupcakes, 126, 157, 158
curry, 167
Davis, Brenda, 147
diets, weight-loss, 59, 150
dinner:
frozen, 45
on dollar-a-day project, 18
on healthy diet plan, 167
on Thrifty Food Plan, 95, 96, 97–98, 111
Dole, Bob, 91
dollar-a-day project, 3–62, 63–65, 66–71, 72, 77, 88, 89, 98–99, 100, 105, 121, 128, 134–35, 140, 148, 159, 165, 171, 172, 174, 180
blog about, 13–14, 17, 21, 30, 47, 53, 67, 68, 69, 70–71, 74
rules for, 9–10
Donner, George, 179
Donner Lake, 179
donuts, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 78, 126
Dumpsters, 34
Eat Well on a Dollar a Day (Kaysing and Kaysing), 8
EBT cards, 78, 87, 93, 108–9
Economic Research Service, 81
Encinitas, Calif., 17, 123, 136, 154
exercise, 104, 149, 150, 156
Fall National High School Journalism Convention, 69
farmers markets, 103, 107–9
farms:
community, 103, 107, 156, 165, 167, 169, 174–77, 181, 183, 186
factory, 162–63
workers on, 164, 183
flour, 172, 173
food(s):
advertising of, 19–20, 44, 51, 162
budgets for, 80–81
buying in bulk, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 66, 69, 81, 89, 118, 122, 128, 171, 185–86
choice and, 103, 104, 182
convenience factor and, 45–46, 174
costs of, 68–69, 155–56, 186
enriched, 55–56
fast, 21, 24, 27, 50, 135, 180
fortified, 55
free, 35–36, 39, 102
ingredient labels on, 37, 44
introduction of new products, 20
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