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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Waity, Julia Ferrara (Editor), Hossfeld, Leslie H., 1961- (Editor), Kelly, E. Brooke, 1974- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Food relief > United States.
Food security > United States.
Poverty > United States.
Poor > United States.
Food supply.
Food Assistance
Food Supply
Poverty
Aide alimentaire > États-Unis.
Sécurité alimentaire > États-Unis.
Pauvreté > États-Unis.
Aliments > Approvisionnement.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Agriculture & Food.
Food relief.
Food security.
Poor.
Poverty.
United States
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 270 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780826522054
082652205X

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