Ofelia Valencia, a Mexican immigrant and 13-year resident of East Palo Alto, doesn't shop at the grocery store that's closest to her house, or the store that sells the freshest produce.

"I pick up the newspaper and I see the chicken is on special at Mi Pueblo, or at Mi Rancho or at Foods Co.," she said. "Where the food is cheapest, that's where I go." So throwing away perfectly good items from her refrigerator is not what you'd call a natural tendency for the full-time housekeeper and mother of three. But one Saturday morning, that's just what she did........click for more

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