1st Edition
Confronting Hunger in the USA Searching for Community Empowerment and Food Security in Food Access Programs
By Adam M. Pine
Copyright 2017
178 Pages
by
Routledge
178 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
178 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Food insecurity in the US is a critical issue that is experienced by approximately 15% of the population each year. Hunger is not caused by an inability to produce enough food for the population, but is instead a manifestation of federal agricultural policies that support the overproduction of commodity crops and neoliberal social policies that seek to lower the amount of benefits dispersed to... Read more
1. The Struggle to Build Community and Feed Society
2. Food Security, the Industrial Food System, and Community in the US
3. Creating Community and Empowerment in Community-Based Food Programs
4. The Emerging Alternative Economies in Community-Based Food Programs
5. Neoliberalism and The Porous Continuum of Care for the Food Insecure
6. Looking for Paths to Food Access and Solidarity
Biography
Adam M. Pine is Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, Urban, Environment and Sustainability Studies at the University of Minnesota Duluth, USA.
