A Dietary Challenge Drawn up by People Living in Poverty
Follow /A\ News Reporter Christie Bezaire as She Takes that Challenge.
Over the course of the work week I will take part in the Do the Math Challenge, as part of the Poverty Reduction Strategy.
I will only be able to eat the food that I have picked up from the Downtown Mission Food Bank. I picked up my package today and realized what limited choices people on a fixed income have. There were at least 3-4 items in the package that I won’t eat… for example a beef stew and pork beans, because I don’t eat beef or pork. I learned that I can’t trade these items in for others, so I have two choices, 1) Eat it or 2) Go without.
Realizing that the challenge will only last five days, I choose to go without and take home less items. But there are many people who can’t afford to make that choice and if this challenge were to go on for more time, I may have had to do away with that lifestyle choice.
