Eat Vegan on $4.00 a Day Quotes

“Seeds of Change sells organic and heirloom seeds online. They also make grain mixes, pasta sauce, salad dressing, and other foods that are available only in grocery stores. However, the company offers online coupons for these products.”
― Ellen Jaffe Jones, Eat Vegan on $4.00 a Day: A Game Plan for the Budget Conscious Cook: A Game Plan for the Budget-Conscious Cook

“Food animals are given foods they wouldn’t normally eat and hormones they don’t normally produce to make them larger and more profitable for their owners. Dairy cattle are given hormones to make them produce more milk. In addition, food animals are given feed laced with herbicides, pesticides, and other toxic chemicals that find their way into the animals’ fat and muscles and ultimately into the meat, milk, and eggs people eat.”
― Ellen Jaffe Jones, Eat Vegan on $4.00 a Day

“If plant-based foods are so darned good for us, you might ask why we don’t hear more about them from the government. The answer is that a great number of government policies favor the promotion of animal-based foods, such as meat and dairy, over vegan foods, such as beans, fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. Government subsidies can make some foods, such as cheeseburgers, more affordable than salads. No wonder people who have limited food budgets view the most nutritious foods as being out of reach.”
― Ellen Jaffe Jones, Eat Vegan on $4.00 a Day

“The daily menu plans show that you really can eat nutritiously for under $4 a day-and sometimes for even less, depending on your cooking methods and ingredients.”
― Ellen Jaffe Jones, Eat Vegan on $4.00 a Day