Particular to Little Falls, the collapse of the boat industry had a profound effect on people's ability to buy food. In our community of 8,000 people, over 1,000 people lost their jobs when the boat factories shut down. Once people lose their jobs, they no longer have the income available to buy healthy, high-nutrient foods. They purchase what is cheap, which is high-calorie, often low-nutrient food that is filling, but not necessarily nourishing. Psychologically, fattening foods are comforting foods. This sets up a cycle of people in need who don't learn the skills to produce their own healthy food. Giving them the opportunity to learn those skills and a space to use them will help to break the cycle and will hopefully act as an ameliorative to obesity. At the very least, The Soul Patch provides something healthy for low-income people to eat.