Crunchy Chicken: Sustainable Food Budget Challenge
Bryan stumbled across an interesting challenge put forth on the Chrunch Chicken Blog. Can someone buy sustainably/organically grown food on a food stamp budget.
The rules are:
These are fairly loose rules, but the goal is to buy sustainably grown food:
1. If not LOCALLY PRODUCED, then Organic.
2. If not ORGANIC, then Family farm.
3. If not FAMILY FARM, then Local business.
4. If not a LOCAL BUSINESS, then Terroir: purchase foods famous for the region they are grown in.
5. Hit the farmers market before the supermarket.
Household Maximum Monthly Allotment Chart:
1 person – $176
2 people – $323
3 people – $463
4 people – $588
5 people – $698
6 people – $838
7 people – $926
8 people – $1,058
Each additional person – $132
Anyhow, I thought it was pretty neat. I think Bryan and I are going to try it. $323 is fairly close to our current monthly food budget anyhow.