Produce on a budget

Low income consumers eat plenty of green beans, potatoes, lettuce, corn and orange juice but not nearly as much pears, squash and grapefruit. A story on a University of Alabama study about obstacles to produce consumption draws the fairly obvious conclusion that children in low income households eat differently than kids in more affluent homes. The takeaway appears to be that building consumption of fresh produce among low income children may mean providing those households with greater access to more expensive fruit varieties.