Poor people can eat healthy and organic too
Audio 48:30
Food aid distribution, in Sarcelles, in the Paris region.
(Illustrative image).
© Thomas Giraudeau / RFI
By: Anne-Cécile Bras Follow
50 mins
In France, 10 million people live in precariousness and feed themselves thanks to food aid.
Unsold from supermarkets, surplus from agro-food industries, the poor eat what nobody wants.
Too fatty, too sweet, these foods lead to obesity and cardiovascular disease.
However, there are alternatives.
(Replay)
Publicity
Guests:
-
Boris Tavernier
, founder of
Vrac
-
Frédéric Denhez
, co-author with Alexis Jenni of
Together for Better
Food
,
in the Domaine du Possible collection at Actes Sud
-
Edgard Daguenon
, founder of
Amap Bénin.
Report at
the Parilly social center in Vénissieux
, near Lyon, on the day of the Bulk distribution.
(Program originally aired on May 7, 2021)
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