We are within easy driving range of several supermarkets. Only one will let us take two-day old bread to the local food pantry. All the others, including branches of the same chain, use those lying excuses. There are laws exempting them from any liability. We are a buffer between them and the food pantry and they are a buffer between us and the ultimate consumer. Fresh produce is not permitted to be given away, by these stupid laws. We started a community garden, but so far only middle class are using it – they know that class may not exist for long.
The War on Poverty very quickly transformed into a war on the poor. “Lord, when did we see you malnourished and poisoned and threw away your food?” Matthew 25 more or less.
We are within easy driving range of several supermarkets. Only one will let us take two-day old bread to the local food pantry. All the others, including branches of the same chain, use those lying excuses. There are laws exempting them from any liability. We are a buffer between them and the food pantry and they are a buffer between us and the ultimate consumer. Fresh produce is not permitted to be given away, by these stupid laws. We started a community garden, but so far only middle class are using it – they know that class may not exist for long.
The War on Poverty very quickly transformed into a war on the poor. “Lord, when did we see you malnourished and poisoned and threw away your food?” Matthew 25 more or less.