On a Dollar a Day How do millions of people worldwide feel
having to eat meals with only a dollar a day? Two high-school
teachers decided to do it for a month and see if they could
survive. They ate on the $4.13-per-day allotment for food stamp
recipients, exploring whether or not you can have a healthy diet
following the USDA’s “Thrifty Food Plan.” Their experiments
started as a mere way to save money but led them to discover a
lot about the American food industry, the issue of hunger, and
why 36 million Americans have limited food options, even during
a national obesity epidemic. Patt talks to Kerri Leonard and
Christopher Greenslate about their book and what they learned
about food and money. Christopher Greenslate, co-author of "On a
Dollar a Day" Michael Flood, executive director of the LA
Regional Food Bank