The Colorado Sun: King Soopers closure highlights challenge of getting healthy food

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In the U.S., food is viewed as a commodity, and it’s valued for its price and its profit, said Emily Settlecowski, manager of strategic initiatives at Metro Caring, a Denver-based organization working to meet people’s immediate need for nutritious food and to end the root causes of hunger such as unaffordable housing, low wages, racism and oppression, according to the organization’s website.

“When we think about food access, or purchasing food and how we get it, most of the ways in which U.S. individuals engage with our food system is around, ‘How much can I afford to buy, and what product can I afford to buy, versus what other values we might have towards our food, like our cultural connection, or that it is a human right, or how it impacts our environment,” she said.