How to Fight Food Insecurity, Even in a Changing ClimateKatherine Harmon
Not long ago, food insecurity in the United States was thought of mainly in terms of "food deserts," which were based largely on a measure of a person's geographical distance from places that sold affordable, healthy food. The US Department of Agriculture came out with a detailedfood desert...
In the US alone, an estimated 40 million people may face hunger in 2021; Black households experience food insecurity at about 2.5 times the rate of White households in this country, and Latino households at about 2 times the rate.
12% in just a year. With more than 34 million people, including 9 million children, experiencingfood insecurity in the United States,the problem is impossible to ignore, but the answer may be more obvious than we think: Reduce food waste, and channel that food to those who need it most....
Being without the financial means to have reliable access to enough food to sustain members of a household is known as Food Insecurity (FI; Gundersen, 2013). Previous research has linked FI to obesity and depression (Adams, Grummer-Strawn, & Chavez, 2003; BronteTinkew, Zaslow, Capps, Horowit...
What Is Food Insecurity? Food insecurity refers to living with that constant worry of not knowing what, how, or when an individual or family will have their next meal.This is an urgent public health crisis and racial justice issue that requires everyone’s attention. Even those not experiencing...
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And according to Feeding America, 14 percent of women living alone in America face food insecurity. “Food is a basic human right. We must do all we can to help the most vulnerable,” says Sandra Lee, who recently joined the WFP USA Board of Directors. Now more than ever, food banks...
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