{"id":3282,"date":"2014-06-28T19:54:08","date_gmt":"2014-06-28T23:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/?page_id=3282"},"modified":"2014-09-24T16:40:29","modified_gmt":"2014-09-24T20:40:29","slug":"food-stamp-challenge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/food-stamp-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Stamp Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BACKGROUND ON THE FOOD STAMP CHALLENGE
\n<\/strong>Starting Ash Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, Jim and I agreed to try to do the National Food Stamp Challenge for the six weeks of Lent 2012. Lent is over and we\u2019re eating more normally now but with a new consciousness.
\n<\/strong>Se<\/strong>veral background articles are:
\n<\/strong>Interfaith Groups Kick Off National Food Stamp Challenge<\/span>
\n<\/a>The Food Stamp Diet and How It\u2019s Different from Being Poor<\/span>
\n<\/a>You Tube video<\/a>\u00a0showing grocery shopping tips for the Food Stamp Challenge
\n<\/a>Catholic Charities<\/a>\u00a0participation<\/span>
\n<\/a>FRAC<\/a>\u00a0(Food Research & Action Center) explains SNAP Food Stamp Challenges in depth<\/p>\n

Read about my food journey below:\"Days<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. EATING ON\u00a0$4.50 A DAY<\/a>\u00a0– <\/strong>Why we did it and what rules we made for ourselves<\/li>\n
  2. FROM FEAST TO FAMINE<\/a>\u00a0– <\/strong>Mardi Gras to Lent<\/li>\n
  3. BUYING A WEEK OF FOOD<\/a>\u00a0– <\/strong>Grocery shopping technique<\/li>\n
  4. SO YOU WON’T HAVE TO<\/a><\/strong> – Some things I’ve learned so far so you won’t have to\u00a0go to the trouble<\/li>\n
  5. NUTRITION? – YES; \u00a0MORAL? NOT SO MUCH<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0<\/strong>Find out what\u00a0moral compromises we made.<\/li>\n
  6. QUESTIONS\u00a0ABOUT TRIFLES<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 –\u00a0Being a good host\/guest; Does free food count? Charity fish fries? Pot Lucks?<\/li>\n
  7. BARGAINS & SPLURGES<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>–\u00a0Food we saved money on this week and things we wanted to buy but didn’t<\/li>\n
  8. APPLES & BURNT EGGS<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0– How to count left overs, staples, guests, and trips.\"Days<\/a><\/li>\n
  9. PAYING IT FORWARD<\/a><\/strong> – Making up for past stinginess at a fish fry<\/li>\n
  10. MAKING EXCEPTIONS<\/a><\/strong> – Does “Date Night” count? How do the poor have fun and socialize?<\/li>\n
  11. DO OUR GUESTS HAVE TO EAT ON $4.50?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
  12. FREE “CAGE-FREE” EGGS<\/a><\/strong> – How a guest solved one moral dilemma<\/li>\n
  13. EATING ON THE FLY<\/a><\/strong> – Does airplane food count? What about the cost of the trip?<\/li>\n
  14. WHAT NOT TO EAT<\/a><\/strong> – What other cultures consider impure food; Food insecurity<\/li>\n
  15. EATING IN THE LAND OF TAN<\/a><\/strong> – Afghan food and eating habits<\/li>\n
  16. THE LAST SUPPER<\/a><\/strong> –\u00a0A temporary life with some people in rural India\"chickens\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  17. DIY FOOD<\/a><\/strong> – Can people in India eat on $4.50\/day?<\/li>\n
  18. A SLOW EASTER IN INDIA<\/a><\/strong> – Observations about cultural differences between India and the USA<\/li>\n
  19. EATING LIGHTLY<\/a><\/strong> – A summary of what I learned by eating on a Food Stamp budget for 6 weeks<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    BACKGROUND ON THE FOOD STAMP CHALLENGE Starting Ash Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, Jim and I agreed to try to do the National Food Stamp Challenge for the six weeks of Lent 2012. Lent is over and we\u2019re eating more normally now but with a new consciousness. Several background articles are: Interfaith Groups Kick Off National […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"page_fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3282","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3282"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3476,"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3282\/revisions\/3476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}