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Fifteen percent of the world's population feeds themselves for under a dollar a day. As a way to encourage their students to think about food choices, consumerism, waste, and poverty, high school teachers Christopher Greenslate and Kerri Leonard embarked on an experiment: They would live for one month on a food budget of one dollar a day each, and blog about it. Their blog, OneDollarDietProject.com--in which they honestly discussed the challenges of eating plain oatmeal every morning (occasionally dressed up with one-third of a pat of butter) and of abstaining at a Rotary luncheon, where the tables groan under piles of food, much of which remains untouched--grew in popularity with lightning speed, soon reaching 1,000,000 readers. Major national media, including CBS's Inside Edition and the New York Times, took notice. Equal parts social commentary and wake-up call, On a Dollar a Day examines how Americans eat and at what cost. With sections on eating the food stamp diet, what it really costs to eat healthfully and organically, and how to find the best buys at the grocery store, it's the ideal book for these challenging economic times.

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