I was reading...then thinking!!!
Posted by dl-bailey on Dec 16, 2009 · Member since Oct 2008 · 286 posts
I was reading about how during the Victorian era the Vegetarian Society had resturants on 'Skid Row'. It provided healthy vegetarian food at a low cost to the working class. Then a read an article that 3/4 of the US adult population is overweight or obese. A significant part of this has to do with cheap, unhealthy food that is widely available and the inability to get healthier options. I think it would be great if their were vegan/vegetarian resturants that catered to the poor and working class. If the food was made from simple, inexpensive ingredients and ran by a charity or non-profit - to reduce taxes and some overhead, it could be possible. What does everyone else think?
DLB, that sounds kind of like Food Not Bombs. We used to have a loosely knit group here that did hot dinners downtown every week, with dumpstered food items and/or stuff grown in people's yards (and thus I believe it was all at least vegetarian, mostly vegan if I recall). They would also provide food on campus for some events like buy nothing day. I haven't been to many of their dinners but the food I did eat was tasty! This was all done for free and everyone was welcome to come to the dinners.
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