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purplerabbits) wrote2011-11-07 01:43 pm
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The Food Poverty Line
From 18th November to 2nd December I am going to be living on the food poverty line by spending only £1 a day on food. This figure is the UK adjusted equivalent of the poverty line, which leaves very little leeway, but it can totally be done, and possibly even healthily. Of course if I was doing it for longer and had to include fuel bills and housing I'd be screwed, but this in itself should be interesting.
I can't eat anything given to me by friends. I can gather wild food, though at this time of year that will be minimal. I am not trying to be vegetarian, but at the moment the only meat on the shopping list is a pack of Lidl cooking bacon, cos meat just costs too much for daily use.
One exception will be coffee, because it seems stupid to make a point about poverty by buying non-fair trade. What I will do instead is find the cheapest cheap coffee and take the cost of that off of my budget, then I'll weigh out that much of fair trade coffee and use that. Going without coffee is not an option.
My current shopping list is standing at £14.01 and doesn't include bread, anything sweet, eggs or any fruit. I have margerine down instead of cooking oil cos it looks like I can't afford both. No spuds, oddly, but I do have rice and pasta - I will post the list later if people are interested, but it's going to be refinded as I look in places other than Tesco value foods.
There will also be an opportunity to sponsor me by donating to Village Reach. Let me know if you're interested in that.
I can't eat anything given to me by friends. I can gather wild food, though at this time of year that will be minimal. I am not trying to be vegetarian, but at the moment the only meat on the shopping list is a pack of Lidl cooking bacon, cos meat just costs too much for daily use.
One exception will be coffee, because it seems stupid to make a point about poverty by buying non-fair trade. What I will do instead is find the cheapest cheap coffee and take the cost of that off of my budget, then I'll weigh out that much of fair trade coffee and use that. Going without coffee is not an option.
My current shopping list is standing at £14.01 and doesn't include bread, anything sweet, eggs or any fruit. I have margerine down instead of cooking oil cos it looks like I can't afford both. No spuds, oddly, but I do have rice and pasta - I will post the list later if people are interested, but it's going to be refinded as I look in places other than Tesco value foods.
There will also be an opportunity to sponsor me by donating to Village Reach. Let me know if you're interested in that.