Pathways To Happiness for Having Enough Money to Buy Food are ways governments can address food poverty, hunger and people not having enough money to buy food. These combined with other pathways present opportunities for governments to secure our right to the pursuit of happiness.

1. Pathways to Happiness
for economic well-being
in the area of having enough
money to buy food.

2. Pathways to Happiness are ways
to increase our
economic well-being
by having enough money to buy food.

3. We are
doing
well in
the area
of
standard
of living
compared
to other
areas
100= happiest

4. 20 or below means at least once a month, 40 means once every 3 months, 60 means once every 6 months and a score above 80 means less than once a year or never.
Overall, we
rarely (less
than once a
year) eat less
because there
is not enough
money to buy
food

5. Courageous Policies
2 Courageous
policies

6. Elimination of Food Deserts
Food deserts are areas in which it is difficult to buy affordable or fresh food.
Food deserts are most common in poor urban areas.
Eliminating food deserts often takes cooperation of government and business.

7. Resources for Food Desert
Articles:
Why it takes more than a grocery store to eliminate a’ food desert’ by Sarah Corapi
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/takes-grocery-store-eliminate-food-desert/
Getting Rid of Food Desertx by EfficientGov Staff
https://efficientgov.com/blog/2015/05/12/getting-rid-of-food-deserts/
Example Programs:
5 Innovative Solutions from “Food Desert” activists
https://foodtank.com/news/2013/05/five-innovative-solutions-from-food-desert-activists/
Just Deserts: 6 Ways to Bring Good Food to Poor Neighborhoods How to End Food Deserts and Bring
Healthy Food to Poor Neighborhoods by Sarah Parsons
https://www.good.is/articles/just-deserts-6-ways-to-bring-good-food-to-poor-neighborhoods

8. Zero Food Waste at Groceries &
Restaurants
About 1/3 of all good is wasted.
Much of the wasted food is edible.
Food waste has increased to 3 times in the last 50 years.

9. Resources for Grocery & Restaurant Zero Food Waste
Article:
Local Grocery Store Innovating Food Waste Disposal by Corin Cook
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/18/local-grocery-stores-innovating-food-waste-disposa/
French Law forbids food waste in supermarkets by Angeline Chrisafis
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/04/french-law-forbids-food-waste-by-supermarkets
Example Government Programs:
Mass.gov Commercial Food Waste Disposal Ban
http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/massdep/recycle/reduce/food-waste-ban.html
CA.gov’s Food Scraps Management Grocery Store
http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/organics/food/Grocers/default.htm

10. What’s it going to take?

11. A Thrifty Culture
Sharing whenever we can.
Taking care not to waste as much as possible.
Buying in bulk and without packaging, and using what we buy.

12. Reorienting Eating
Highly valuing eating 5 or more servings of fruit and
vegetables a day.
Fast food and other prepared food as a rare exception,
not the norm.

13. Other policies in the Pathways to Happiness tool series
Campaign finance reform
Guaranteed basic income
Media reform
Massive public transportation
Local food reliance
Village living (cities and rural)
Multi-use zoning
Public spaces
Political festivals
Participatory governance
Participatory budgeting
Anti-corruption policies
Transparency in government
Compassion training for police
Community-based monitoring
Sousveillance
Vote holiday
Vacation laws
Family & Sick leave laws
Flex time and job share laws
Telecommuting policies
Babies at work policies
Intergenerational care
Department of Neighborhoods
Volunteer programs
Conservation Easements
Expansion of Parks
Adult & Kid Park Programs
Parent Support Program
Self-Discovery Programs
Job Placement Programs
Urban Growth Boundary Ordinances
Urban Stream Daylighting
Green and Living building ordinances
Solar and Green Energy Development
Same Sex Marriage Laws
Public child care
Age-friendly cities
Loneliness awareness campaign
Heritage Programs
Rural Colleges
Arts & Culture Policy
Lifelong Learning Programs
War on Adult illiteracy
Low Cost & Tuition Free College
Mindfulness practice in schools
Social justice awareness raising
Mental health –priority counseling
Part time worker choice protection
Compassionate Charter & Games
Ban on Advertising to Children

14. We envision a world where all beings can thrive.
Can you envision it too?
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