On a Dollar a Day

Fifteen percent of the worlds population feeds themselves for under a dollar aday. As a way to encourage their students to think about food choicesconsumerism w... » 

Fifteen percent of the worlds population feeds themselves for under a dollar aday. As a way to encourage their students to think about food choicesconsumerism waste and poverty high school teachers Christopher Greenslateand Kerri Leonard embarked on an experiment They would live for one month on afood budget of one dollar a day each and blog about it. Their blogOneDollarDietProject.comin which they honestly discussed the challenges ofeating plain oatmeal every morning occasionally dressed up with onethird of apat of butter and of abstaining at a Rotary luncheon where the tables groanunder piles of food much of which remains untouchedgrew in popularity withlightning speed soon reaching 1000000 readers. Major national mediaincluding CBSs Inside Edition and the New York Times took notice. Equal partssocial commentary and wakeup call On a Dollar a Day examines how Americanseat and at what cost. With sections on eating the food stamp diet what itreally costs to eat healthfully and organically and how to find the best buysat the grocery store its the ideal book for these challenging economic times. «