NPR: "What Separates A Healthy And Unhealthy Diet? Just $1.50 Per Day"

NPR: "What Separates A Healthy And Unhealthy Diet? Just $1.50 Per Day"

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/12/05/249072685/what-separates-a-healthy-and-unhealthy-diet-just-1-50-per-day

Hey everybody. Sorry this is so late, but I haven't contributed with an article and I think this one is extremely relevant.

This article explains a recent study demonstrating that a "healthy diet" is approximately $1.50 daily more expensive than an "unhealthy diet," which equates to approximately $550 a year. Considering our semester focus on the geography of food, I felt that the issue of "place" in regards to access to healthy food was missing, but absolutely necessary. Because access is largely, but not solely, dependent on price.

1. How would you put this article in dialogue with themes we have covered this semester? For example: food deserts, race, labor, whichever you feel is relevant.

2. The article mentions that education and SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) help increase access to healthy foods but at the same time are under jeopardy because of the possibility of cut funding. What are other ways to increase healthy food access, and what steps can we take to prioritize policies that help, not hurt, with healthy food access?