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Default Welfare babies,

In article >,
"kilikini" > wrote:

> Omelet wrote:
> > In article >,
> > Orlando Enrique Fiol > wrote:
> >
> >> wrote:
> >>> Food stamps buy food
> >>
> >> Not always. They're often illegally exchanged for cash to buy
> >> tobacco, alcohol, drugs and junk food. Also, given the high
> >> surpluses most farms endure, why is produce so expensive and why do
> >> few food banks offer plentiful produce to people whose diets so
> >> desperately need it?
> >>
> >> Orlando

> >
> > Because they are perishable. The food banks around here mostly pass
> > out dry and canned goods. Fresh food is very rare.

>
> Our food bank *only* passes out fresh food! They set up an excellent
> program with the grocery stores in this area. The food bank has a truck and
> they go around to all the major grocery stores, every day, and pick up
> produce, bakery items, dairy items, and meat that's within a day or two of
> turning and can't be sold. The food bank is open from 11:30-12:30 every day
> and at least 50 people a day get a HUGE box of fresh food. You're allowed
> to go once a week and the food lasts a full week; that's how much you get.
> Just about everything can be frozen except for produce, of course, so it
> doesn't go bad. It's a wonderful program and I wish more food banks would
> consider working like this instead of all of this food going to waste in a
> dumpster.
>
> kili


I just found out I was wrong a few minutes ago. I talked to Lynn' who
goes to the food bank regularly and is trying to get my relatives to go
too. She says you get one or two meats, 2 fresh breads, fruits and
vegetables, canned and dry goods. They have set amounts for your family
size.

She gets what she can and what she cannot use, she shares with others.
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