Food and Poverty : Food Insecurity and Food Sovereignty among America's Poor /

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Food insecurity rates, which skyrocketed with the Great Recession, have yet to fall to pre-recession levels. Food pantries are stretched thin, and states are imposing new restrictions on programs like SNAP that are preventing people from getting crucial government assistance. At the same time, we se...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Waity, Julia Ferrara (Editor ), Kelly, E. Brooke, 1974- (Editor ), Hossfeld, Leslie H., 1961- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Nashville, Tennessee : Vanderbilt University Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Poverty.
Poor.
Food security.
Food relief.
Food supply.
poverty.
Pauvrete.
Aliments > Approvisionnement.
Pauvrete > États-Unis.
Securite alimentaire > États-Unis.
Aide alimentaire > États-Unis.
Poverty
Food Supply
Food Assistance
Poor > United States.
Poverty > United States.
Food security > United States.
Food relief > United States.
United States.
United States
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Food insecurity rates, which skyrocketed with the Great Recession, have yet to fall to pre-recession levels. Food pantries are stretched thin, and states are imposing new restrictions on programs like SNAP that are preventing people from getting crucial government assistance. At the same time, we see an increase in obesity that results from lack of access to healthy foods. The poor face a daily choice between paying bills and paying for food. -- Publisher description.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (280 pages): illustrations, maps ;
ISBN:9780826522054

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