Hunger in the land of plenty : a critical look at food insecurity / by James D. Wright, Amy Donley, and Sara Strickhouser Vega.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wright, James D., author.

Donley, Amy M., author.

Vega, Sara Strickhouser, 1987- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food security--United States.

Food security.

Food supply--United States.

Food supply.

Hunger--United States.

Hunger.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (197 pages)

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2019.

Summary:

In the United States today, 50 million people don't have enough food. How is this possible in one of the world's wealthiest countries? Why hasn’t the problem been solved? Is it simply an economic issue? Challenging conventional wisdom, the authors of Hunger in the Land of Plenty explore the causes and consequences of food insecurity; assess some of the major policies and programs that have been designed to reduce it; and consider alternative paths forward.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Tables

Acknowledgments

1 Food Insecurity in Context

2 The Correlates of Food Insecurity

3 How Food Insecurity Matters for Mental and Physical Health

4 Are Food Deserts the Source of the Problem?

5 Can People Solve Their Own Food Insecurities?

6 The Public Policy Connection

7 Feeding the World in the Twenty-First Century

Appendix: Survey Questions Used by the USDA to Assess Household Food Security

References

Index

About the Book

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62637-773-1

OCLC:

1057677443