Thread by @ZhiZhuWeb

"It’s not just that our priorities are wrong; food is not a national policy priority at all. We invest in, and care more about, the energy that drives our cars and trucks than the energy that drives our bodies."
~@chefjoseandres

#FoodInsecurity #USA
nytimes.com/2020/12/08/opi…

"When the pandemic struck, the US Dept of Agriculture set aside $16 billion in emergency aid to farmers, who were by then destroying their crops, but spent only $3 billion to actually purchase their fresh produce, dairy products and meat and distribute them to the hungry."

"Restaurants, which had employed more than 12 million Americans before the pandemic, were closed by public order but received no bailout.

Airlines in the United States, which currently employ about 700,000 people worldwide, received $25 billion and carried right on flying."

"Congress [mainly GOP] could not even agree to a 15 percent hike in food stamp benefits, which in any case would have added just 80 cents to the maximum allotment of $5.48 a day to feed each member of a family of four."

#FoodInsecurity #USA
nytimes.com/2020/12/08/opi…

"Food is the fastest way to rebuild our sense of community. We can put people back to work preparing it, and we can put lives back together by fighting hunger."
~@chefjoseandres

#FoodInsecurity #USA
nytimes.com/2020/12/08/opi…