{"id":907,"date":"2024-04-21T14:55:07","date_gmt":"2024-04-21T14:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/?p=907"},"modified":"2024-08-25T18:39:01","modified_gmt":"2024-08-25T22:39:01","slug":"the-concept-of-universal-basic-food-is-gaining-headway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/the-concept-of-universal-basic-food-is-gaining-headway\/","title":{"rendered":"The Concept of Universal Basic Food is Gaining Headway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even though food is a basic human necessity, the greed of corporations involved with its production and distribution has turned food into a commodity from which they squeeze as much profit as they can. The result is that food prices are much higher than they could and should be, thus forcing many people who cannot afford the prices to go hungry.\u00a0 But, it need not be.\u00a0 A growing new movement that prioritizes community involvement in decision-making is seeking to create a new food system that values equity, sustainability and health above corporate profits.\u00a0 If it succeeds, nutritious food will be available to everyone at affordable prices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Case for Universal Basic Food<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nextcity.org\/urbanist-news\/the-case-for-universal-basic-food\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/nextcity.org\/urbanist-news\/the-case-for-universal-basic-food&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1712758968041000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1HG_kg6lsrbetK5BL3eBpn\">https:\/\/nextcity.org\/urbanist-news\/the-case-for-universal-basic-food<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even though food is a basic human necessity, the greed of corporations involved with its production and distribution has turned food into a commodity from which they squeeze as much profit as they can. The result is that food prices are much higher than they could and should be, thus forcing many people who cannot&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/the-concept-of-universal-basic-food-is-gaining-headway\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;The Concept of Universal Basic Food is Gaining Headway&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","category-social-justice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=907"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":921,"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907\/revisions\/921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}