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Cooking Matters: It's Dinnertime Report
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Cooking Matters survey on the dinner habits of low-income families featured in The Atlantic.
February 1
Cooking Matters: It's Dinnertime Report
Publication: The Atlantic
How can we change the way America eats? If there is one thing most people agree on, it’s that we need to make healthy food more accessible and affordable to low-income families. Or do we? A new survey from Share Our Strength’s Cooking Matters program challenges a piece of the conventional wisdom. The poll of 1,500 families revealed that most low-income families are satisfied with the availability of good food. Seventy-seven percent of urban families were satisfied with their options, versus 69 percent of rural families. The greater obstacles to healthy meals are planning skills, time and, yes, price.
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