I was homeless as an emt. No drug or alcohol problem. The rent got so high in Los Angeles even teachers and nurse started to complain. I dont know what they trying to do but they better stop or this country will sink
As the father of a 18 month old it breaks my heart to hear about families who do not have enough to eat. I would literally sell all I have before I would let my son go hungry. Video games, tv, computer, guns, jewelry, cell phone, cable, stamps, savings bonds, books, dvds, cds, electronics, my car, anything. I would do anything for my child and I know these parents have done the same.
This poor older lady shouldn’t be struggling this. We need to focus more money on these people who’ve worked their whole lives and paid into the system.
It is so hard to find a job these days. If you have one and can afford to live then you are doing good. Let's hope you never get in a situation like this. I work every single day, pay my bills when they come in, have money in savings. If I lost my job and could not find another one for a while, I'd probably be in the same predicament. We should not judge. The job market is tough, extremely tough. College graduates nowadays are having a hell of a time finding a job. God bless everyone.
As a child and a teen I was hungry. Many of times the only meal I has was either at a friends home or school.. My mother worked 80hrs a week and NO she did not buy things to suit herself. Bills, food and clothes. Reminder children grow and fast. I am humble to this. I have had hunger felt this and will do my best to help with this cause just as I said before and again. Please help and start a community garden and live stock too. I will and I will this so. No more will I just watch I will do!!
The churches are throwing you crumbs. They are suppose to give the offerings to the poor. They keep the offerings and get government grants to throw you a bone. See the problem?
Yes, most of us oldsters are like that. We were taught to work as long as you could and don't be lazy and whiny. :-) I was pushed into disability and was not happy about either. But fortunately I live where I can plant a lot of what I eat.
Lazy is not a character flaw but rather it is a symptom of depression. And there are many other issues that could be discussed that are part of the root of hunger in America.
I love the first granny! 😢 I hope everyone have their kids/family taking care of them. I feel like children should be their parent's primary support and safety net as they get older. 🙏 They deserve to live comfortably at their old age.
This is an absolute shame. Why is it that 1 out of every 6 Americans go hungry every night? Why is it that 40% of the food in America is wasted? We need to get good food to Americans that need it. This hunger crises should not be happening here in America!
It doesn't make sense. Richest country in the world and people can't afford to feed themselves. Remember this....40% of all food everyday is thrown out.
Yulia Orme Well , some companies like FritoLay used to through just out dated or ruined bags of chips and other snacks out - we used to donate to our church - but then they came up with a new rule nobody can take home any more - that ended that
It is because of liability issues that businesses and schools, etc throw out the food now. Perfectly untouched pizza thrown away by the boxes at school cafeterias instead of giving hungry students to take home. My older son used to try to start a campaign to get schools to feed the hungry but they would throw it away instead due to liability. So one kind cafeteria worker laid the boxes on the very top of the cans so he could take it and disburse it. That son is now a principal of a school! He is always helping someone.
@@mumtazahmad5702 my local bakery “throw” leftover away for homeless to dodge the liability issue. They told everyone those food is for disposable only, but they put them nicely outside of the dumpster and homeless people will come every night to pick them up. The owner is a really nice lady.
You are so right.....we are in the beginning of another recession......increased food prices, rent, housing bubbles, layoffs, 6000 to 8000 store closings 2019 and 2020, national debt trillions, consumer debt and student loan debt trillions, homelessness increased, suicides, imental and physical llnesses, threat of pensions cutting for state and federal workers, natural disasters, farmers quitting and in deep debt, billions on illegal immigrants, etc
In case you haven't noticed middle class is about to be poor class. When you hit poor class then maybe you will see how the homeless can smile. Money is nothing more than greed. It is this greed that is deatroying everuthing.
That is the truth! I used to clip coupons every Sunday and save them in a canister for when I went shopping. Now, they are mostly for processed foods, which I avoid. I buy raw, bulk, and dried foods (like beans), and have a garden.
I hope that a lot of people apply the lessons learned from the people in this program. That is, to be tolerant of others. I see so much hate in our world. Racism, sexism, etc... Sometimes I feel that the situation in the world is so hopeless that I get really depressed. I used to be very intolerant like many other people. But I hope that people try very hard to be tolerant of other because intolerance is humanity's no.1 enemy. Intolerant people are abusive and offensive; but its not their fault.
I thought america was doing so good with a great economy We are so screwed my father and I went to lowes to buy a deep freeze made in america the help told us we don't sell freezers made in america so we looked around to see what was made in America being sold in lowes only one thing in twenty was made in america no wonder we don't have jobs if half of all the stuff sold in lowes was made in America we would need millions of Mexicans to fill the jobs required
I couldn't control my tears at 2:56; the man's pained look was exactly the same when my then-alive dad couldn't find job anymore and it took awhile for him to gather his courage to seek help from job-seeking agency. ( I was in my teens.) But thankfully, my mother tried to make ends meet by taking on odd jobs until the time I was ready to work for a living to support the family. It feels painful to see someone else in the same predicament in a harsher circumstance. I hope there's help for them.
My husband & I used to be middle class blue collar workers. Never lived beyond our means, never ate out no movies no vacations, no brand new cars or expensive electronics, my husband made $45k/yr, we were comfortable. Now he's unemployed and I only bring in $400 a month, I went to the food bank for the first time & it was the worst day of my life but my son had to eat, humiliating and it cut me down a size, will soon go homeless as well if I don't get help.
I don't know what kind of experience you had going to a food pantry for the church one I help at in Illinois we all joke around with the people that come in and talk and visit these people are like family we know most people by name no matter income nobody is turned away
How much money does America spend on it's military each year...$ Billions How much money does America spend looking after it's poor each year $ Millions I will leave it to you to do the math
Do you realize that every tid bit is taxed.The farmer that waters his fields taxed. Property it is grown on Taxed. Gas is taxed delivery and purchase taxed. Cooking it taxed driving to get what your cooking taxed. Look at how much is TAXED. Look at how we are feeding the hungry. Look at how the corporations are weeding out those whom work just to have more in their pockets. I want you to grow food. I want people to get together in counties and stop the HUNGER I will and I must! This will be!!
I would advise people to try intermittent fasting. I’m not suggesting it for growing children but for most people it’s totally doable. I eat one meal per day, am healthy and don’t feel deprived or hungry. I know this will sound controversial, maybe someone else will chime in on the benefits of this.
"I had everything. I used to buy vegetables." What a country.!!! As people go hungry .food rots in the fields. The military budget is $600 billion per year,but they want to spend more. Its welfare for the MIC and nothing for the needy.
Cherries are not staple foods.Tart cherries?? Industrial crop? I have seen lots of squash and pumpkins rot unpicked in the fall.Those crops are private and why they were let go.I have no idea. I once spoke to an apple farmer about his unpicked fruit. He said it just rots.No market and he cant afford to pick it for nothing.He said it used to go for APPle Juice but not in recent years. There is alot of food being wasted because picking,storing and distribution is not free.perry love
The crops rot in the fields because the migrant workers who used to pick crops were replaced by illegal immigrants who moved out into society for better jobs when they were able to get stolen identities of dead American citizens. Don't imply we need illegal immigrants in the fields. What we need is the "migrant worker" program back with the supervision it once had. Now they come in and as soon as a supervisor turns their back they take off into the nearest city and get on Food Stamps and Welfare.
the sad thing about America is if you make a decent amount (middle income), you cannot apply for foodstamps and get approved. Basically, the encouragement to find a low income job is low due to losing benefits and struggling. I remember when my mama got a job at a gas station, she lost the food stamps we had. We struggled to get the bills paid and food were limited. Due to the pandemic, they are approving food stamps for people who would not get approved other wise.
Just unbelievable. I work at a grocery store, and I see a lot of people that are on food stamps. Nowadays it’s very hard with the price of everything going up and up. The price of food is unbelievable, the price of gas in unbelievable, and it’s all because of one person. That person is our government. Inflation is plaguing many people and neighborhoods. It’s just sad to see these people struggle the way they do. There are a lot of jobs that are open out there, but the problem is nobody wants to work. Our world is turning upside down, and we need to do something to turn it right side up
I think that if anybody is in the position to help out ,should , and always if you are in this position yourself ,keep chin up and think of ways to make things better not only for yourself, but others , Many in same position . take the time to think of ways to make money and get creative .might be a blessing in disguise sometime ?Makes us humble and sympathetic towards others,God Bless everybody.Hang in there nothing lasts forever we'll get through this
we are those 'powers' and yes, its time for us to wake up to the fact that money shouldn't equal food to a fault . If we ask other cultures about our hunger plight in the U.S. ,I suspect they would laugh . . That time will come for our young country.
is this still accurate in today's economic situation? is it worse? or better? 2019. is there an updated version of this story by PBS? thanks for the video. very well done.
A 1lb jar of peanuts $1.50 on sale NOW in 2018 and your blender/food processor. I'm not on food stamps, yet I live on that budget because I cook from scratch and it's simply that inexpensive. This morning my breakfast was 2 eggs, a banana with peanut butter and a half a glass of whole milk. I took my wife out to lunch ($11) and dinner was salad with spaghetti and meatballs with enough left over for dinner tomorrow and perhaps even a bit for a lunch. I made the sauce and meatballs from scratch. I usually make a chicken or ham sandwich (we buy half hams and whole chickens for 99 cents/lb that I carve and use the bones for soup) on homemade bread (60 cents/loaf) for lunch with homemade chicken soup from the carcasses, cut up raw veggies/fruit and maybe a chocolate nugget or home baked good. On the same food stamp budget we have steak twice a month, pork chops the same. I make from scratch pizza once a week and for the $7 it costs to make, my wife and I eat 2 dinners and a lunch...it also beats the best pizza joint around. Throw in a salmon dinner and a shrimp dinner and that rounds out some pretty good eats on the cheap. During the last recession we had a 50 week unemployment stretch. We had an avalanche of cherry tomatoes from our garden and our local fish guy had 2lbs of wild caught frozen shrimp on sale for $15, so I made up a dish. I took the shells from the shrimp, sauteed them with a few aromatics and made a broth which was the base of the sauce. The rest was the cherry tomatoes, garlic, shrimp, farfalle and frozen baby peas. It wound up being about $1.50/serving! Good food is cheap if you make it yourself and ANYONE can do the same thing!
They probably do that too. Sometimes if your going to a be a big coupon er that takes time and people have multiple jobs and have kids or medical issues and have little time to rest so it can be hectic. Put yourself in their shoes. When you work 3 jobs sometimes you don't have time to garden. Stop blaming. Sometimes people need help. Most people don't WANT to be on government assistance and feel embarrassed to be going the food bank.
The Thing is that the USA sending Food to help out other Countries. The Government needs to supply the Food Pantries and not give people a hard time when applying for the Food Stamp Program.
It's really heart breaking to see I wish I could help do something. Unfountly in some provety is regular but it shouldnever ever happened in first. Gov need procted people set up. This break my heart. Australia. If any Australia price really expensive too and more 50.000 people in Australia that I know ago our food pantry here. Thing so tough. With our farmer do hard and other going on well. Heart break. The k u people show us tell ur story.
No I didn't turn to food banks. I got a plane ticket out of the US and bought me a 7k house in the mountains of the Balkans. My mom and I are doing fine on her SSI.
This is what I've been talkingabout for the pass yesr. We need to do something to say "we love you-in actions". These are Americans, and in they old age they should not have to worry about this things they worry about. We need to take American money and recycle in our system. Stop talking, stop looking down and "make a difference". John
I NEED YOUR INFLUENCE TO HELP FEED AMERICA. 41 MILLION PEOPLE ARE STARVING. 13 MILLION ARE CHILDREN. I AM WORKING HARD USING MY INCOME AS MUCH AS I CAN TO BUY FOOD AND FEED THE STARVING IN MY AREA, ITS A WAR ZONE OF HUNGER OUT HERE. LIVING VERY MODESTLY. I AM NOT ASKING FOR DONATIONS. INSTEAD I ASK EVERY AMERICAN TO HELP OTHERS IN THERE COMMUNITIES IN THIS TIME OF BIBLICAL CRISIS. AMERICA NEEDS THE PEOPLE.
Stock food at home like sack of rice of 50 LBS if you h as 've some spare money. Prepare for the rainy days. Can food for emergencies . it should be a peoples practice. You will not starve. Thank you.
sethwyo, how can you expect people to undertake the expensive and space-requiring task of being their own farmer when they live in the worst neighborhoods possible without any outlet for farming?
Inflation is killing people rent goes up every year,heat,hot water ,food.. and income doesn’t go up...I just got a job and I am college educated but rent here in nyc is crazy..once I save up I am out of here the international investors are making it unlivable...you have to get a new job every two years
Actually, look at Holly Sklar on minimum wage. Farmers are exploited in the same way, and those supposedly high 2007-9 yearly average farm prices, adjusted for inflation, are in the bottom 25% of all time prices. Subsidies have compensated corn farmers for only 1/6 of the reductions since 1952, wheat 1/5. So it's essentially the same, and the hidden corporate benefits are 6 x or 5 x bigger than the 2-3 hundred billion in farm subsidies.
Not to disagree with you, I really agree 100% what you state, but I read somewhere that cigarettes help curb appetite, like caffeine does. For all we know, he is using a pack every three days to curb his hunger like anorexics do. :/ Again I'm not disagreeing with you... I'm only analyzing this from the smokers' perspective, Peace be.
We had capitalism half a century ago and there was plenty of dignity to go around. What's going on nowadays is something else. I don't think changing to a feudal system is going to solve it.
Corporate America .. those GREEDY, Immoral, Compassionless SOB's who manipulate Capitalism for their own personal gain, at the expense of others, are the downfall of America... and they do not even Care. Wait till they find out that Karma is REAL.
Sorry, anyone who can afford $7 per day to buy cigarettes should spend that money on food instead of getting food from a food bank. I spend $300 per month to feed 4 people. That's $10 per day to feed 4 people. The price of one pack of cigarettes would feed that one person. Shameful. Stop smoking and leave that food bank food for people who REALLY need it.
thats true feed your kids first no matter what you go throw and family we all got to eat. and a big thing of beans will do because me and my family eat them
Coupons gets you sugars salts and fats. If you try and live only on food that you can get with coupons, you will end up like that guy in "Supersize Me!" in no time. Coupons only make the problem worse by making sure that only those food companies get your dollar. That is not what needs to happen.
Not everyone can afford to buy a house. I have 2 roommates and I have a job and eat healthy for 30.00 a week, sometimes less. But people with families need more money.
Please help us Mr Bill can you please send some information to Mr Trump inform him what really is happening Mr Trump think that what the government is doing is not working ask for to see him
It could be that the adult children don't live close by and honestly don't know their parent's financial situation. My elderly parents never minded asking for help with things like housecleaning, simple home repairs, rides to doctor appointments, etc, but they would NEVER ask me for cash. The one time I asked, I got the impression that I had hurt their feeling by even implying such a thing! Turns out they were fine. I think if they did need money, that would have been the most embarrassing thing to admit to their adult children.
take out the troops from the middle east... we spend MILLIONS on stupid oil, and the last time I checked, you couldnt eat oil. Obama, nows your time to make it or break it- someone in middle school can give inspiring speeches..
You do realize that smoking (in addition to being a super addictive stress reliever) is an appetite suppressant as well? It's probably his way of cutting out the hunger pangs so he can stretch his food supply.
Btw' that man was likely worked his entire life and now stands at the store making a decision can I afford to enjoy a cigarette or have an orange after supper tonight. Point is he shouldn't have to make that choice
America has to save money while your working. Live below your means. People need to budget there money. They won't need food bank or snap. Don't spend money you don't have.
The dollar has lost a lot of value since 1913, like 95% when the federal reserve came about!, in those days, a nickel an apple, today, $ i.50 a pound. for apples.
More reason to keep american dollars ooops Chinese debt dollars home and to JUST tell the Senate to CHILL on spending anything more til we climb our own mountain of debt and make flat land outta it!
I was homeless as an emt. No drug or alcohol problem. The rent got so high in Los Angeles even teachers and nurse started to complain. I dont know what they trying to do but they better stop or this country will sink
As the father of a 18 month old it breaks my heart to hear about families who do not have enough to eat. I would literally sell all I have before I would let my son go hungry. Video games, tv, computer, guns, jewelry, cell phone, cable, stamps, savings bonds, books, dvds, cds, electronics, my car, anything. I would do anything for my child and I know these parents have done the same.
This poor older lady shouldn’t be struggling this. We need to focus more money on these people who’ve worked their whole lives and paid into the system.
It is so hard to find a job these days. If you have one and can afford to live then you are doing good. Let's hope you never get in a situation like this. I work every single day, pay my bills when they come in, have money in savings. If I lost my job and could not find another one for a while, I'd probably be in the same predicament. We should not judge. The job market is tough, extremely tough. College graduates nowadays are having a hell of a time finding a job. God bless everyone.
As a child and a teen I was hungry. Many of times the only meal I has was either at a friends home or school.. My mother worked 80hrs a week and NO she did not buy things to suit herself. Bills, food and clothes. Reminder children grow and fast. I am humble to this. I have had hunger felt this and will do my best to help with this cause just as I said before and again. Please help and start a community garden and live stock too. I will and I will this so. No more will I just watch I will do!!
This was 2008!! I'm sure it's worse now-thank goodness for food pantries,but we need more!
May 2017 and the crisis continues....
Affordable housing & a living wage would help but fat chance of that
valerie, we need more community gardens popping up and fast
The churches are throwing you crumbs. They are suppose to give the offerings to the poor. They keep the offerings and get government grants to throw you a bone. See the problem?
"I don't like lazy!" I love this lady!
Yes, most of us oldsters are like that. We were taught to work as long as you could and don't be lazy and whiny. :-) I was pushed into disability and was not happy about either. But fortunately I live where I can plant a lot of what I eat.
Lazy is not a character flaw but rather it is a symptom of depression. And there are many other issues that could be discussed that are part of the root of hunger in America.
@@sonjarharvey6518 You got it. Homesteading is the key. You can blog about it. Zero waste movement encourages a lot of people to grow their own
These are people that I would GLADLY help!!
@@SheilaHouse True ❤️
The elderly lady would be in her 90's now. I hope she is still alive and well.
I watch this video every few months, it helps me stay thankful
Hi how is it going during this tough times?
I love the first granny! 😢 I hope everyone have their kids/family taking care of them. I feel like children should be their parent's primary support and safety net as they get older. 🙏 They deserve to live comfortably at their old age.
When people from other countries look at us and see this they are in shock.
When they get here they see what it is
Lovely, i was in the US . america is for suckas.
@@lesliehutchinson5899 I keep.telling them not to go but nobody believes me
This is an absolute shame. Why is it that 1 out of every 6 Americans go hungry every night? Why is it that 40% of the food in America is wasted? We need to get good food to Americans that need it. This hunger crises should not be happening here in America!
Lies
40% of the food that is wasted is in the restaurant and grocery stores
It doesn't make sense. Richest country in the world and people can't afford to feed themselves. Remember this....40% of all food everyday is thrown out.
Some places donate the food instead of throwing it out. Donate it to the pantry or who is hungry, don't throw it away...
Yulia Orme Well , some companies like FritoLay used to through just out dated or ruined bags of chips and other snacks out - we used to donate to our church - but then they came up with a new rule nobody can take home any more - that ended that
It is because of liability issues that businesses and schools, etc throw out the food now. Perfectly untouched pizza thrown away by the boxes at school cafeterias instead of giving hungry students to take home. My older son used to try to start a campaign to get schools to feed the hungry but they would throw it away instead due to liability. So one kind cafeteria worker laid the boxes on the very top of the cans so he could take it and disburse it. That son is now a principal of a school! He is always helping someone.
@@mumtazahmad5702 I love your story and it makes sense to give it to needy families instead of throwing it away......
@@mumtazahmad5702 my local bakery “throw” leftover away for homeless to dodge the liability issue. They told everyone those food is for disposable only, but they put them nicely outside of the dumpster and homeless people will come every night to pick them up. The owner is a really nice lady.
I hope our middleclass is preparing for this. Thats what our current system has in store for us .
You are so right.....we are in the beginning of another recession......increased food prices, rent, housing bubbles, layoffs, 6000 to 8000 store closings 2019 and 2020, national debt trillions, consumer debt and student loan debt trillions, homelessness increased, suicides, imental and physical llnesses, threat of pensions cutting for state and federal workers, natural disasters, farmers quitting and in deep debt, billions on illegal immigrants, etc
There is only working class and upper class the middle class has been squeezed so much they have no saving and room for error
In case you haven't noticed middle class is about to be poor class. When you hit poor class then maybe you will see how the homeless can smile. Money is nothing more than greed. It is this greed that is deatroying everuthing.
The underemployed have a problem and it is getting worse.
That is the truth! I used to clip coupons every Sunday and save them in a canister for when I went shopping. Now, they are mostly for processed foods, which I avoid. I buy raw, bulk, and dried foods (like beans), and have a garden.
I hope that a lot of people apply the lessons learned from the people in this program. That is, to be tolerant of others. I see so much hate in our world. Racism, sexism, etc... Sometimes I feel that the situation in the world is so hopeless that I get really depressed. I used to be very intolerant like many other people. But I hope that people try very hard to be tolerant of other because intolerance is humanity's no.1 enemy. Intolerant people are abusive and offensive; but its not their fault.
I thought america was doing so good with a great economy
We are so screwed my father and I went to lowes to buy a deep freeze made in america the help told us we don't sell freezers made in america so we looked around to see what was made in America being sold in lowes only one thing in twenty was made in america no wonder we don't have jobs if half of all the stuff sold in lowes was made in America we would need millions of Mexicans to fill the jobs required
It's about priorities..$750 billion in 2021 for the defense budget!!
I couldn't control my tears at 2:56; the man's pained look was exactly the same when my then-alive dad couldn't find job anymore and it took awhile for him to gather his courage to seek help from job-seeking agency. ( I was in my teens.) But thankfully, my mother tried to make ends meet by taking on odd jobs until the time I was ready to work for a living to support the family. It feels painful to see someone else in the same predicament in a harsher circumstance. I hope there's help for them.
Never. My kids will never know hunger. I work 60 - 80 hrs a week to make sure they will always eat well.
My husband & I used to be middle class blue collar workers. Never lived beyond our means, never ate out no movies no vacations, no brand new cars or expensive electronics, my husband made $45k/yr, we were comfortable. Now he's unemployed and I only bring in $400 a month, I went to the food bank for the first time & it was the worst day of my life but my son had to eat, humiliating and it cut me down a size, will soon go homeless as well if I don't get help.
I don't know what kind of experience you had going to a food pantry for the church one I help at in Illinois we all joke around with the people that come in and talk and visit these people are like family we know most people by name no matter income nobody is turned away
i AM TRULY BLESSED.GOD BLESS THE HUNGRY.
Yes, sure, God bless the hungry and us all. God wants us to put our religious fervor into actions and do what we can to help alongside with prayer.
Thanks for posting
How much money does America spend on it's military each year...$ Billions
How much money does America spend looking after it's poor each year $ Millions
I will leave it to you to do the math
USA spends over a Trillion a year on mil. war country take over's
We need the protection of the military. Do we really need you?
@@robgregory4182 protection from the wars and problems we start
Quit sending millions to outher country's.
I just wonder why people in the world is yearning to go to america besides the news that the dollars is dying.
Wow, the US is not looking after it's people.
You can say that again:(
Heartbreaking.
This makes me cry
Amen....I Totally agree... Take care of home First....
That is amazing!
All I ever heard was great stuff about America from Americans.. but people are starving there???????
Tragic!
Do you realize that every tid bit is taxed.The farmer that waters his fields taxed. Property it is grown on Taxed. Gas is taxed delivery and purchase taxed. Cooking it taxed driving to get what your cooking taxed. Look at how much is TAXED. Look at how we are feeding the hungry. Look at how the corporations are weeding out those whom work just to have more in their pockets. I want you to grow food. I want people to get together in counties and stop the HUNGER I will and I must! This will be!!
Time to plant a victory garden.
I would advise people to try intermittent fasting. I’m not suggesting it for growing children but for most people it’s totally doable. I eat one meal per day, am healthy and don’t feel deprived or hungry. I know this will sound controversial, maybe someone else will chime in on the benefits of this.
🙄🙄🙄
"I had everything. I used to buy vegetables." What a country.!!!
As people go hungry .food rots in the fields.
The military budget is $600 billion per year,but they want to spend more.
Its welfare for the MIC and nothing for the needy.
Our government at work:
www.offthegridnews.com/current-events/us-government-orders-farmers-to-destroy-30-million-pounds-of-their-own-crop/
Cherries are not staple foods.Tart cherries?? Industrial crop?
I have seen lots of squash and pumpkins rot unpicked in the fall.Those crops are private and why they were let go.I have no idea.
I once spoke to an apple farmer about his unpicked fruit. He said it just rots.No market and he cant afford to pick it for nothing.He said it used to go for APPle Juice but not in recent years.
There is alot of food being wasted because picking,storing and distribution is not free.perry love
The crops rot in the fields because the migrant workers who used to pick crops were replaced by illegal immigrants who moved out into society for better jobs when they were able to get stolen identities of dead American citizens. Don't imply we need illegal immigrants in the fields. What we need is the "migrant worker" program back with the supervision it once had. Now they come in and as soon as a supervisor turns their back they take off into the nearest city and get on Food Stamps and Welfare.
Edward Smith where do you hear this?
@@edwardsmith5650 this is true......realize this in Maryland
the sad thing about America is if you make a decent amount (middle income), you cannot apply for foodstamps and get approved. Basically, the encouragement to find a low income job is low due to losing benefits and struggling. I remember when my mama got a job at a gas station, she lost the food stamps we had. We struggled to get the bills paid and food were limited. Due to the pandemic, they are approving food stamps for people who would not get approved other wise.
Just unbelievable. I work at a grocery store, and I see a lot of people that are on food stamps. Nowadays it’s very hard with the price of everything going up and up. The price of food is unbelievable, the price of gas in unbelievable, and it’s all because of one person. That person is our government. Inflation is plaguing many people and neighborhoods. It’s just sad to see these people struggle the way they do. There are a lot of jobs that are open out there, but the problem is nobody wants to work. Our world is turning upside down, and we need to do something to turn it right side up
That’s a sad 😢situation when seniors can’t eat a decent meal 🥘
God Bless you
I think that if anybody is in the position to help out ,should , and always if you are in this position yourself ,keep chin up and think of ways to make things better not only for yourself, but others , Many in same position . take the time to think of ways to make money and get creative .might be a blessing in disguise sometime ?Makes us humble and sympathetic towards others,God Bless everybody.Hang in there nothing lasts forever we'll get through this
And the landfill is still full of wasted food
God love these people
Don't just love them. Help them!
At least in America they have genuine food poverty. They do not get help like we do in Britain.
we are those 'powers' and yes, its time for us to wake up to the fact that money shouldn't equal food to a fault . If we ask other cultures about our hunger plight in the U.S. ,I suspect they would laugh . . That time will come for our young country.
is this still accurate in today's economic situation? is it worse? or better? 2019. is there an updated version of this story by PBS? thanks for the video. very well done.
In 2008 skippy peanut butter $4.99 Now in 2013 The same jar $9.99
A 1lb jar of peanuts $1.50 on sale NOW in 2018 and your blender/food processor. I'm not on food stamps, yet I live on that budget because I cook from scratch and it's simply that inexpensive. This morning my breakfast was 2 eggs, a banana with peanut butter and a half a glass of whole milk. I took my wife out to lunch ($11) and dinner was salad with spaghetti and meatballs with enough left over for dinner tomorrow and perhaps even a bit for a lunch. I made the sauce and meatballs from scratch. I usually make a chicken or ham sandwich (we buy half hams and whole chickens for 99 cents/lb that I carve and use the bones for soup) on homemade bread (60 cents/loaf) for lunch with homemade chicken soup from the carcasses, cut up raw veggies/fruit and maybe a chocolate nugget or home baked good. On the same food stamp budget we have steak twice a month, pork chops the same. I make from scratch pizza once a week and for the $7 it costs to make, my wife and I eat 2 dinners and a lunch...it also beats the best pizza joint around. Throw in a salmon dinner and a shrimp dinner and that rounds out some pretty good eats on the cheap. During the last recession we had a 50 week unemployment stretch. We had an avalanche of cherry tomatoes from our garden and our local fish guy had 2lbs of wild caught frozen shrimp on sale for $15, so I made up a dish. I took the shells from the shrimp, sauteed them with a few aromatics and made a broth which was the base of the sauce. The rest was the cherry tomatoes, garlic, shrimp, farfalle and frozen baby peas. It wound up being about $1.50/serving! Good food is cheap if you make it yourself and ANYONE can do the same thing!
wow i can really understand what that older black lady is saying ... she says it so that you can understand it ...
They probably do that too. Sometimes if your going to a be a big coupon er that takes time and people have multiple jobs and have kids or medical issues and have little time to rest so it can be hectic. Put yourself in their shoes. When you work 3 jobs sometimes you don't have time to garden. Stop blaming. Sometimes people need help. Most people don't WANT to be on government assistance and feel embarrassed to be going the food bank.
“The surest way to remain poor and struggling is to be an honest man”
Napoleon Bonaparte
The Thing is that the USA sending Food to help out other Countries.
The Government needs to supply the Food Pantries and not give people a hard time when applying for the Food Stamp Program.
Some people also don't have good soil.
It's really heart breaking to see
I wish I could help do something. Unfountly in some provety is regular but it shouldnever ever happened in first. Gov need procted people set up. This break my heart. Australia. If any Australia price really expensive too and more 50.000 people in Australia that I know ago our food pantry here. Thing so tough. With our farmer do hard and other going on well. Heart break. The k u people show us tell ur story.
No I didn't turn to food banks. I got a plane ticket out of the US and bought me a 7k house in the mountains of the Balkans. My mom and I are doing fine on her SSI.
This is what I've been talkingabout for the pass yesr. We need to do something to say "we love you-in actions". These are Americans, and in they old age they should not have to worry about this things they worry about. We need to take American money and recycle in our system. Stop talking, stop looking down and "make a difference".
John
You ever notice the Amish/Mennonite never have food banks,everyone eats well and they do well. The Mormons are the same way.
They farm all day, if you work all day for nothing then what?
Welcome to 2023.
This video is 14 years old and it is happening in 2022. The lady said hamburger $4.00.
I NEED YOUR INFLUENCE TO HELP FEED AMERICA. 41 MILLION PEOPLE ARE STARVING. 13 MILLION ARE CHILDREN. I AM WORKING HARD USING MY INCOME AS MUCH AS I CAN TO BUY FOOD AND FEED THE STARVING IN MY AREA, ITS A WAR ZONE OF HUNGER OUT HERE. LIVING VERY MODESTLY. I AM NOT ASKING FOR DONATIONS. INSTEAD I ASK EVERY AMERICAN TO HELP OTHERS IN THERE COMMUNITIES IN THIS TIME OF BIBLICAL CRISIS. AMERICA NEEDS THE PEOPLE.
13 years ago. Media and politician have not done a thing but YOU to pay for it
Stock food at home like sack of rice of 50 LBS if you h as 've some spare money. Prepare for the rainy days. Can food for emergencies . it should be a peoples practice. You will not starve. Thank you.
Sad Facts in the Land of Plenty...
sethwyo, how can you expect people to undertake the expensive and space-requiring task of being their own farmer when they live in the worst neighborhoods possible without any outlet for farming?
Inflation is killing people rent goes up every year,heat,hot water ,food.. and income doesn’t go up...I just got a job and I am college educated but rent here in nyc is crazy..once I save up I am out of here the international investors are making it unlivable...you have to get a new job every two years
Hi did u ended up moving out?
what state do you live in?
We at Redding Loaves and Fishes are Desperate for Food, Numbers Needing Help Way Up, Donations Way Down...
Actually, look at Holly Sklar on minimum wage. Farmers are exploited in the same way, and those supposedly high 2007-9 yearly average farm prices, adjusted for inflation, are in the bottom 25% of all time prices. Subsidies have compensated corn farmers for only 1/6 of the reductions since 1952, wheat 1/5. So it's essentially the same, and the hidden corporate benefits are 6 x or 5 x bigger than the 2-3 hundred billion in farm subsidies.
Do you thinik these people live on acreage?
Amen to that!!!! Thank you!
Not to disagree with you, I really agree 100% what you state, but I read somewhere that cigarettes help curb appetite, like caffeine does. For all we know, he is using a pack every three days to curb his hunger like anorexics do. :/ Again I'm not disagreeing with you... I'm only analyzing this from the smokers' perspective, Peace be.
Hunger in America was a problem before the "Great Recession". But it was small compared with how it is today.
We had capitalism half a century ago and there was plenty of dignity to go around. What's going on nowadays is something else. I don't think changing to a feudal system is going to solve it.
Corporate-run world and the New World Order
Corporate America .. those GREEDY, Immoral, Compassionless SOB's who manipulate Capitalism for their own personal gain, at the expense of others, are the downfall of America... and they do not even Care.
Wait till they find out that Karma is REAL.
This program was made 12 yrs ago, but it sounds just like 2 day! Plus we hav the pandemic 2 contend w on top of all the other factors.
Sorry, anyone who can afford $7 per day to buy cigarettes should spend that money on food instead of getting food from a food bank. I spend $300 per month to feed 4 people. That's $10 per day to feed 4 people. The price of one pack of cigarettes would feed that one person. Shameful. Stop smoking and leave that food bank food for people who REALLY need it.
LenoraForest give that advice to your mother !
@@Ella.46667 If you are on food stamps, you cannot afford to smoke! I nor my parents smoke.
They probably don't spend $7
a day on ciggerettes, they
probably either buy generic
cigarettes or cigarettes
smuggled in across the border.
thats true feed your kids first no matter what you go throw and family we all got to eat. and a big thing of beans will do because me and my family eat them
😯🤯 February 27, 2021 & it has gotten WORSE!🤔
Coupons gets you sugars salts and fats. If you try and live only on food that you can get with coupons, you will end up like that guy in "Supersize Me!" in no time. Coupons only make the problem worse by making sure that only those food companies get your dollar. That is not what needs to happen.
Jennifer Grove...that is so true!
The old woman sounds like the mom from Tom & Jerry
Serbia in East Europe... i have no idea how we manage to pay bills and food
What happened to the Coupons? Free groceries with couponing? And growing your own vegetables?
Not everyone can afford to buy a house. I have 2 roommates and I have a job and eat healthy for 30.00 a week, sometimes less. But people with families need more money.
$400 per month? Here where i live thats middle class. I remember that 10 years ago 150$ per month was amazing salary :D
4.50 for dozen egg in NY
My country can get 12 eggs for sing dollars 1.90 if not wrong should be USD2.30 or so
grow some food in a potting mix and also tiny house and also get dumpster diving
You can actually get more dumpster diving..... also budgeting money.
Please help us Mr Bill can you please send some information to Mr Trump inform him what really is happening Mr Trump think that what the government is doing is not working ask for to see him
Why aren't the adult children helping their parents???
It could be that the adult children don't live close by and honestly don't know their parent's financial situation. My elderly parents never minded asking for help with things like housecleaning, simple home repairs, rides to doctor appointments, etc, but they would NEVER ask me for cash. The one time I asked, I got the impression that I had hurt their feeling by even implying such a thing! Turns out they were fine. I think if they did need money, that would have been the most embarrassing thing to admit to their adult children.
Not everyone has a family or support.
5 dollar for dozen egg in New York, forget that.
take out the troops from the middle east... we spend MILLIONS on stupid oil, and the last time I checked, you couldnt eat oil. Obama, nows your time to make it or break it- someone in middle school can give inspiring speeches..
Inflation and housing is too high so when working very difficult to save
Sometimes you go hungry, but I just saw you light a cigarette. My sympathy dwindled slightly for that guy.
You do realize that smoking (in addition to being a super addictive stress reliever) is an appetite suppressant as well? It's probably his way of cutting out the hunger pangs so he can stretch his food supply.
@@lindsayschutz I love your response. Perfect
Btw' that man was likely worked his entire life and now stands at the store making a decision can I afford to enjoy a cigarette or have an orange after supper tonight. Point is he shouldn't have to make that choice
Cigarettes lesson appetite.....food goes farther. American cigarette are fairly cheap compared to the rest of the world.
People judge smokers way too harshly, in my opinion. 🙄🤔🙄
@Hunnie028 billions actually :)
Prayer. That old. People. Get. More. Food. Stamp
America has to save money while your working. Live below your means. People need to budget there money. They won't need food bank or snap. Don't spend money you don't have.
"I don't like lazy!" then it shows her lazily walking up and getting free food because she doesn't have a job.
$100 = $65.00 in sf bay area
The dollar has lost a lot of value since 1913, like 95% when the federal reserve came about!, in those days, a nickel an apple, today, $ i.50 a pound. for apples.
judge judy .....
More reason to keep american dollars ooops Chinese debt dollars home and to JUST tell the Senate to CHILL on spending anything more til we climb our own mountain of debt and make flat land outta it!
Need to go to go to Germany to live
How can immigrants from Mexico afford to buy new homes and drive new cars!?
I've never seen a Mexican Family homeless!?
Maybe you should get out more.
I know people on Section-8 who have 'never' had kids. People who make 6 figures sometimes fall on hard times. Then you have some who are just fools.
just give men billions and they will build a pantry some day through the kindness of a preacher