We must establish a "
food check
" to allow the poorest households to buy quality fresh products rather than lowering prices as demanded by supermarkets, pleaded Tuesday the president of the FNSEA Christiane Lambert.
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“
Distributors who today say 'attention, social crisis, purchasing power, prices must be lowered', no!
Prices have been lowered for 30 years, there have never been so many badly nourished people, or people in precariousness,
”said Christiane Lambert, during a videoconference presenting the wishes of the first French agricultural union. .
If we lower the prices of agricultural commodities, "
those who have the means spend little on food and those who do not have the means do not go to the supermarket, but go to the Restos du cœur, to the food bank, and to SOS somewhere. thing,
”she warned.
“
We have worked at the FNSEA since the first confinement, on food stamps like 'food stamps' in the United States, highlighting that, yes it's true, access to food is a right
», Declared Christiane Lambert.
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Rather than a tax credit advocated by some, the agricultural union favors the purchase of "
fresh and French
products", fresh products (meat, fruit, vegetables) which, according to her, are lacking in associations of food aid, who on the other hand have "
full, full, full
" of pasta and preserves.
This proposal echoes the remarks made by President Emmanuel Macron, during his exchange with the members of the Citizen's Climate Convention, on December 14: "
I agree on the food check, so we have to do, you're right, so we will do it,
”he said.
He mentioned on his Twitter account "
a food check to help the most vulnerable to feed themselves with organic and local products
".
