Food Stamped (2010)

Food Stamped is an informative and humorous documentary film following a couple as they attempt to eat a healthy wellbalanced diet on a food stamp budget Nutrition educator Shira Potash teaches nutritionbased cooking classes to elementary school students in lowincome neighborhoods most of whom are eligible for food stamps In an attempt to walk a mile in their shoes Shira and her documentary filmmaker husband embark on the food stamp challenge where they eat on roughly one dollar per meal Along the way they consult with food justice activists nutrition experts politicians and ordinary people living on food stamps all in order to take a deep look at the struggles lowincome Americans face every day while trying to put threesquare meals on the table