Yes, absolutely!

Another interesting bit from the interview: they did lots of surveys about why people don’t cook (barriers like: think it costs more, too tired after work, don’t want to risk the kids refusing strange food, already got processed food in the fridge, etc, etc) but a very high proportion wrote in “too lazy” but then went on start cooking after the course + food bags. When she dug into it more, it turned out “too lazy” was code for “I have more than five of the barriers you have identified”.

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It's nice to feel vindicated. I worked with a group about 10 years ago working on local food initiatives. This was a suggestion, but it got shot down.

The argument was the people we were "helping" cant afford the ingredients so we shouldn't charge for a food bag.

My argument people dont value free stuff fell on deaf ears.

Wish I'd thought of this approach now 😁