Mayor Corey Booker Dealing With Hunger During Food Stamp Challenge
Newark NJ Mayor Corey Booker Dealing With Hunger In The Midst Of Self-Imposed Food Stamp Challenge
Cory Booker is getting hungry.
The Newark, N.J. mayor is now on day three of his self-imposed food stamp challenge. Inspired by a Twitter spat about the responsibility of government to provide food for its people, Booker decided to live for a week on the monetary equivalent of food stamps. He had $30 for the whole week — a mere $4.32 a day — to pay for all of his meals and beverages.
True to form, Booker is tweeting up a storm about his experience and keeping a blog.
After a few days of eating mostly vegetable-based foods, Booker is famished. “The constrained food options I have for this one short week highlight for me (with the hunger pains I felt today between small meals) what many hardworking families have to deal with week after week,” he wrote on his blog.
“Not being able to stop and drop a few dollars for a Venti coffee or Diet Mountain Dew is really raising my consciousness about the food choices I often take for granted,” Booker observed.
