Food security

(21.4 percent of all children). Previously, in 2012, 48.9 million Americans lived in food insecure households. The number of people living in households with very low food security – the worst off households – remained steady at 17.1 million in 2012 and 2013. Low-income households are particularly vulnerable to fluctuations in the cost of food. For those with budgets already stretched to their limits, higher food costs…

Reflective Essay: 3 Community Harvest project (CHP) has taught me so many skills, besides just gaining experience in the nutrition field. I learned a little about farm work, how to work as a team and become more of a leader and educate the community. I was able to discover what specific skills are needed for nutrition education. We know that practical experience is the best, and internships like this give students that hand-on experience they need. This experience pushed my strengths and…

Community Gardens A community garden is a single piece of land gardened collectively by a group of people. Have you ever wondered where our food comes from? When your eating vegetables, that's where it's coming from. If we had a community garden, we could save money. First, community gardens helps you communicate with other people. They increase a sense of community ownership and stewardship. Community gardens offer a focal point for community organizing, and can lead to community-based…

It is normal for one to state that Sub-Saharan countries experience food shortage and famine which is caused by El Nino, however this challenge of food shortage and famine can be traced back to natural triggers (drought) and political crises (civil war). Nevertheless one may argue that a catastrophic food shortage is due to lack of or difficulties in food distribution, affecting large numbers of people due to climate hazard, environmental, socio-economic reasons or extreme political condition…

characteristics on SNAP participation among seniors? and (2) What are the effects of the differential geographic distribution in terms of exposure to economic conditions, food and non-food policy characteristics on SNAP among seniors? This paper finds that state economic conditions make up over 71.54% of the change in SNAP participation while state food policy conditions are not as important, comprising 3.54%, and state nonfood policy playing a moderate role, comprising 32.84% of participation,…

Closing the loop on food waste: Causes, concerns and rescue for consumption 1. Introduction According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), food waste means any edible substance that is wasted or degraded along the food supply chain (FSC) (FAO, 1981). Food waste mainly occurs at the end of the FSC during distribution, sale and final consumption, but it also includes all types of food losses which take place during the agricultural production, post-harvest and processing…

lack of food. It is a complex interaction between food consumption, access to food, how people cope with their lack of food, and their livelihoods. The difficulty is due to the fact that there is no single international agreement on the standards and simple factors to help measure food insecurity. But in terms of Malnutrition there is such thing. Nutritionists use body weight, height, and the circumference of the upper arm. Food insecurity is more than just a persons consumption of food.…

Poverty and associated food insecurity throughout low income families is an ongoing pandemic that affects millions of people around the globe. According to Raphel (2013), 50 million Americans live in food insecure homes and 16.7 million of those people are children. The American Academy of Pediatrics stated that poverty and low socioeconomic status are one of the largest threats to a child’s health, damaging cognitive development in terms of cognitive, behavioral, emotional, and physical…

Lynn McIntyre’s “food insecurity not the flip side of food security policy” (2011) explains the legitimate concern for food insecurity as it is a public health issue in Canada. Food insecurity has been associated with poor physical and mental outcomes along with chronic conditions (Statistics Canada, 2013). This issue of food insecurity is directly associated with the level of household income (McIntyre, 2011). McIntyre illustrates how the level of household income is a social determinant which…

Restricting certain foods sounds like it would work in theory, but banning items from SNAP proves to be a difficult task. While there is a ban on tobacco and alcohol, getting a bill passed by Congress is almost impossible when it comes to the banning of food from people (Saslow). In an interview with Terry Canales, a Texas state representative, he recalls that he tried to propose a bill before the House of Representatives that would ban energy drinks from being purchased with food-stamps, a…