The SNAP Program's Problems

in #thepause6 years ago


We have a multi-trillion dollar global food industry that is growing, processing, manufacturing, marketing, and serving food-like substances that are making us sick and fat. And we taxpayers are footing the bill for the growing of processed foods (through agricultural subsidies for the raw materials of processed food—namely wheat, corn, and soy), and for providing the poor quality processed food and soda to the poor (through our food stamps program).

Pam Koch and I discuss how we can move toward a system that incentives the production and purchase of fresh fruits and vegetables in this episode of The Doctor's Farmacy, which you can listen to or watch here:



Posted from my blog with SteemPress : https://www.thepause.com/doctor-hyman/the-snap-programs-problems/
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