How Can We Get Our Veggies?

     It seems to me that we are not eating enough fruits and vegetables for either of two reasons. Either we don't like them or we can't afford them.

     I've been thinking a lot about those two reasons, and I agree that they are good reasons and not just excuses. Let's look at affordability.

     If you're well off it's not a problem. If you buy a lot of junk food you can cut out some of that and replace it with fruits and veggies. If you are poor and out of work you can go to food pantries, but most of the time the fresh produce is anything but, and you will probably just end up with rotted food, and no one wants to eat that, even if you're poor. Most food pantries will offer a good selection of canned fruits and veggies. You may want to rinse them of some of the added sodium before eating though.

     Maybe doctors should just start writing reduced cost prescriptions for fresh fruits and veggies every month. I'm sure someone out there would reimburse for the reduced cost, since in the long run it would save in health care costs.
  
     Another answer would be to get on a government food program. They pay the farmers already to grow them. Maybe they could also pay you to eat them.

Let's look at the second reason we don't eat our produce on my other blog, Fruits and VeggieVille.