Comments on: Food for Thought

By: Christopher Sharpe

Christopher Sharpe — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:15:40 +0000

This is a great series of photos. Thanks for posting.

Gdog – Thanks for the source reference.

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:37:38 +0000

Wow! Excellent post. It really makes you stop and think about how much money we waste everyday.

By: Opal Tribble

Opal Tribble — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 06:10:32 +0000

I’m not too surprised if you notice in the more affluent the more processed foods make their way into the weekly menu. I live in the USA. I rarely spend over $40 weekly, but I do eat a lot of fresh produce. My bill goes up slightly higher in the wintertime maybe to about $60? Simply, because I have to buy a lot of my produce from the store. In the warmer months, I don’t have the problem since I have my own garden.

Is it any wonder why westernized cultures are unhealthier than underdeveloped countries? Take a look at the food many of us choose to consume. What we put into our bodies will usually affect the way we feel.

Excellent post.

By: my-xmasList

my-xmasList — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:06:33 +0000

I was touched by these email. Knowing that even people can smile on days when they don’t have anything to eat. Anyways, we can grow veggies in our yard just to lessen the expenses. Pics and infos are nice Leo. Opening our eyes to situations like these may help our world a little eh?

By: Leo

Leo — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:11:33 +0000

Thanks for the source info, Gary

By: Leo

Leo — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:11:09 +0000

I think it’s because they have so very little that they focus on what they do have: family and health. That’s enough to make me smile too!

By: Alicia-F

Alicia-F — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:52:05 +0000

I cant beleive that they could eat off of that. I have two kids and spend at least 500 a month juston food. I try to buy organic stuff and eat healthy but the healthy stuff actually costs more. It seems like everyone is concerned about overweight kids. If this is true they should lower the cost of healthy foods and raise the price of junk food. LOL

By: DeboHobo

DeboHobo — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:37:53 +0000

I really like this post.

I noticed that the families that supposedly had less were eating only healthy whole foods like fresh (probably organic) veggies, whole grains and water, so actually they have more in the long run. They will out live the haves by a long shot. We all need to eat like the so called have nots.

I am going to check out the source for more info…thanks for writting this post.

And Axion don’t be an ass.

By: Gdog

Gdog — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 08:30:34 +0000

I have also seen these pictures before, and it was from a TIME photo essay…after a quick Google search here is the source: http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1626519_1373664,00.html

The pictures are from a book called Hungry Planet
http://www.menzelphoto.com/hungryplanet/

…see, that wasn’t very hard, was it?

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:22:51 +0000

rofl.

Rice and Beans is all you need!