Boy, the mayor and city council of New York City really want you to eat healthily. First they banned trans fats, then they made restaurants post calorie counts on menus, now they're making a push to get more vegetables on the streets.
New York is getting ready to issue about 500 licenses to food carts that sell only fresh fruits and veggies. Mayor Bloomberg says that while he respects the hot dog cart as a New York institution, he hopes that the vegetable cart gets just as much respect. He also hopes that by making fresh fruits and vegetables more available, especially in lower income areas, New Yorkers will lose some weight and reduce skyrocketing levels of obesity-related diseases.
The move has its critics, of course. Mainly the critics say that just because the fresh produce is available doesn't mean people will it it. What do you think about New York's veggie cart plan?
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6-25-2008 @ 11:16PM
Uly said...
I say that veggie carts are a crucial part of my snack plan with my nieces, and more is always better in my book.
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6-26-2008 @ 9:39AM
Kate said...
The fruit carts are great! When I was in college in the East Village, I sometimes made entire meals from the cart on the corner (cheap, fast... cheap...). The owner of said cart recognized me as I walked up, and knew that not only did I like mangoes, he knew what kind I preferred!
If they're around, people will buy from them, especially stuff that doesn't require much prep, like apples, oranges, stone fruit, grapes, bananas... Maybe not the pineapples so much...
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