Running a community-based food org during the pandemic has made me painfully aware of our existence as both part of the solution and part of the problem within the food system, linked to the charitable network. What I'm guided by is our roots in mutual aid(🧵): A lot of critics will say that being part of the charitable food network take a huge role in capitalist economy, that we avoid advocating for systemic anti-poverty solutions like raising the minimum wage and universal healthcare, that is not true in my case

Some light reading this evening. Some interesting facts:
#SNAP enrollment was associated w/ decreases in
- risk of chronic disease
- risk of cost-related meds among adults w diabetes
- hospitalizations + nursing home placements among older adults
- hypertension
- hypoglycemia #SNAP capacity in positive outcomes limited in following populations:
- ppl w incomes above eligibility threshold
- undocumented
- In CA, beneficiaries of SSI - low-income older adults, adults with disabilities— not eligible*