[OKC] Meet Tracie McMillan, 'overeducated' food justice writer

[Shauna Struby]

Meet Tracie McMillan, 'overeducated' food justice writer

BY  <http://grist.org/author/rachel-cernansky/> RACHEL CERNANSKY

Article excerpt from Grist.com

 

Before she wrote  <http://www.powells.com/biblio/9781439171950?&PID=25450>
The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee's, Farm Fields
and the Dinner Table,  <http://grist.org/author/tracie-mcmillan/> Tracie
McMillan was a welfare and poverty reporter in New York City. 

 

Several great quotes in the article but this one really resonated ...

 

"People on food stamps - some of the poorest folks in the country -
absolutely have demand for healthy food when it's accessible and available
to them. I was on food stamps for all of 2011, while writing the book. I'd
never thought about this before, but the amazing thing about getting food
stamps is that in a lot of ways, it absolutely lets you eat better. Because
you're not having to pit your groceries against all your other expenses."

 

Full article :::
http://grist.org/food/meet-tracie-mcmillan-overeducated-food-justice-writer/

 

 

Shauna Lawyer Struby

imagine, innovate, collaborate, transition

Volunteer, Transition OKC

www.goinglocalokc.org <http://www.goinglocalokc.org/> 

 

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