Slow Food Around Here
“The underprivileged tend to have disastrously unhealthy diets and no wonder: $1 will buy you 100 calories of carrots — or 1,250 calories of cookies and chips.”
The quote is from an article entitled “Crimes of the Heart” in a recent edition of Newsweek. It sums up the challenge of guiding people into healthy eating in our society.
As often happens when startling facts like this start clanging around in my head they seem to become a magnet for other complementary information. As the Imperial Potentate on three blogs and a contributor to a couple of others I’ve gotten sensitive to information that might be part of a future post.
One of my major sources for insights about living in the Research Triangle region and especially Durham is the Downtown Durham Rotary Club…over 100 years old and more than 200 members strong. I have the privilege of heading the PR committee for the club which means that I often do the write up for our bulletin on the weekly program. [click to continue…]
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