You’re opening a store called Daily Table early next year. It’s going to sell food that’s past its sell-by date. Can you elaborate?

Yes, and food that’s cosmetically blemished or food that is excess — like fish that is perfectly wholesome, but not the fish they were going out to catch. We’re going to grab all of this stuff, bring it on-site, cook prepared meals with it and also offer milk, eggs, bread and produce. It’s going to be priced the same as junk food, basically.

And junk food is so cheap.

If you’re on food stamps, the average family has about $3 to spend on dinner. For that you can get about 3,700 calories’ worth of soda, crackers, cookies and snacks, or you can get 300 or 320 calories of fruits and vegetables. It’s economically rational to feed your kids junk.

What will $3 get you at Daily Table?

Well, for example, you will be able to get a good whole-grain loaf of bread for somewhere between 50 and 75 cents, and I think most of America feels very comfortable with using bread past its sell-by date. Most Americans probably have out-of-code bread at home or in their refrigerator, and none of us give it a second thought.

There’s been some controversy about the location of the store, in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood. People are claiming that you’re going to try to sell poor people rich people’s garbage.

I’ve been down to Dorchester and held a number of neighborhood meetings. When people hear that I’m interested in only recovering wholesome, healthy food and using that to bring affordable nutrition, it has actually received a very positive response.