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I like many "middle Americans" grew up on a farm. We had a garden, huge garden. We did not have a continuous growing season as So Cal does. We did not have ANY money. I wore winter coats that did not zip. I wore hand me down shoes, shirts, socks, everything. I was lucky to have great fresh food all year. What Alice is saying is this...if you are lucky enough to live where you have access to fresh food, real food eat it. Do not waste your tastebuds on hamburger helper. There are so many amazing options...shop on the outside of your market. We ate off of our garden all year, we canned and froze our gardens veggies so we could have healthy (cheap) options in the winter. Gardening, even if it on your patio is cheaper, taking care of our land and teaching future generations to do so is a humble task, not one of an elitist. She is helping to insure that our next generation can take care of themselves.
We are such a fat country. Look at her, she is not 30, 50, 100 lbs overweight. Something she is doing is right. Instead of critisizing, lets learn, lets change our habits. I am disappointed that Leslie Stahl did not paint a more appealing picture of this type of reality. Many many people live this way, even in NYC. It is not so out of touch, she is not a dreamer, she is a realist. Leslie Stahl is out of touch!