A family of four on welfare in Hastings and Prince Edward Counties needs to spend 33-percent of its total income to buy a “nutritious” diet.
The same family with an average income would spend only 10-percent of their income on food.
A forum on “the cost of eating healthy” yesterday was told that there has been a 34-percent increase in food costs in the past ten years.
Each year Ontario health units must determine the cost of a basic “nutritious” diet consisting of 66-commonly purchased foods.
Seven stores in the two counties were used in the survey.
