Other Side of the Coin

I just posted about baker's mistakes, food gone to waste (sometimes) in the name of practice, experience, product testing.

And then I read Mark Bittman's piece on why he is fasting, along with numerous clergy and other activists, to protest the enormous and egregious cuts in the current H.R. 1, including to such programs as:

• WIC (aid for Women, Infants, and Children)
• international food aid that reaches 18 million people worldwide
• international health aid that reaches 4 million people worldwide
• Food Stamps

While I'm not sure I am up for a fast just now, I will be reading more about the issues at Bread for the World (the religious organization behind the fast) and Share Our Strength (fighting childhood hunger in the U.S., though not involved in the fast).