Food prices June 2021

[flowerbug]

Do you buy organic oranges? I'd be worried about pesticides...

i'm old enough now that anything in such small amounts is unlikely to be a problem. also i don't do this very often... i guess they could be washed, i think they're washed before they get waxed or coated (with whatever they normally put on oranges - i've never seen a dirty orange in my life).

 

[murphysranch]

Monday, I got informed that we are making changes at the food bank where I volunteer. Starting in November, I'm to watch addresses (I'm the computer gal and I get their names in the car lineup). If they have other than our local small suburbs addresses (Battle Ground, Brush Prairie, Amboy, Heisson, Lewisville), I'm to tell that starting in the new year, we will no longer be able to serve them.

We get tons of folks from Vancouver, which is a huge city and has five pantries alone. Many folks make the rounds to all the food banks every month. Its simply not sustainable. With the loss of millions in federal budget, govt layoffs, and then the upcoming loss of SNAP, our process is not sustainable. I, for one, am in total agreement. I hate seeing the abuse every Monday when I work.