Big issue, Hunger in America It’s no doubt hunger is a big problem in America. Nearly one in every six Americans say they don’t have enough to eat (1). This issue was almost radicalized in the late 1970’s, but defense spending in the U.S. increased at this time. Subsequently, we had funding cuts in the federal food programs. These cuts caused widespread hunger issues that spike during the mid- 80’s (1). The valid argument presented by this Documentary concludes that hunger is a problem in this country and we are ignoring it. Reasons for this include, agri-business subsidies, obesity, and poverty. In this paper I will talk about Agri-business, obesity and compare how the two are related to each other. America is ranked among the most obese
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This is true because as stated above the money is going to large singe crop producing agri-businesses, instead of your mom and pop farmers that produce multiple crops containing but not limited to fruits and veggies. Now you can also see that the prices stay down due to the subsidies. The subsidize crops are normally the main ingredients to the processed foods. This means processed food manufactures can get cheap ingredients for their cheap and unhealthy end product whatever that may be. Now each individual has their monthly benefits come in for food assistance. They have about 4 dollars a day to live off of for the month. When that induvial goes to the store most of them are going to buy what is cheap and the most filling. That happens to be our heavily subsidized crops end product, which includes highly processed junk food. Another thing that comes in to play effecting Americans obesity are food deserts. These are areas where 18 wheelers carrying the expensive fruits will not reach out to because they are off the beaten path (1). This forces people to have little selection because the processed foods are so cheap to make that they can put the money into shipping it places with the gap of production and selling prices. So people in these areas that have no way of transportation into town buy what is readily available to them. In this paper we looked at hunger in America and how we are ignoring it. The reasons stated above are agribusiness subsidies and obesity and how they correlate. Obesity because of the cheapest foods also being the unhealthiest. We can also see how it relates to crop subsidies because of the cheaper un healthy foods being the peoples viable option while on a budget. If the cheaper foods were the healthier foods we would find American citizens in a much different
This is true because as stated above the money is going to large singe crop producing agri-businesses, instead of your mom and pop farmers that produce multiple crops containing but not limited to fruits and veggies. Now you can also see that the prices stay down due to the subsidies. The subsidize crops are normally the main ingredients to the processed foods. This means processed food manufactures can get cheap ingredients for their cheap and unhealthy end product whatever that may be. Now each individual has their monthly benefits come in for food assistance. They have about 4 dollars a day to live off of for the month. When that induvial goes to the store most of them are going to buy what is cheap and the most filling. That happens to be our heavily subsidized crops end product, which includes highly processed junk food. Another thing that comes in to play effecting Americans obesity are food deserts. These are areas where 18 wheelers carrying the expensive fruits will not reach out to because they are off the beaten path (1). This forces people to have little selection because the processed foods are so cheap to make that they can put the money into shipping it places with the gap of production and selling prices. So people in these areas that have no way of transportation into town buy what is readily available to them. In this paper we looked at hunger in America and how we are ignoring it. The reasons stated above are agribusiness subsidies and obesity and how they correlate. Obesity because of the cheapest foods also being the unhealthiest. We can also see how it relates to crop subsidies because of the cheaper un healthy foods being the peoples viable option while on a budget. If the cheaper foods were the healthier foods we would find American citizens in a much different