Food and Poverty: Food Insecurity and Food Sovereignty among America's Poor
Food and Poverty: Food Insecurity and Food Sovereignty among America's Poor
edited by Leslie Hossfeld, E. Brooke Kelly and Julia Waity
Vanderbilt University Press, 2018 Paper: 978-0-8265-2204-7 | eISBN: 978-0-8265-2205-4 (PDF) Library of Congress Classification HV696.F6F63145 2018 Dewey Decimal Classification 363.80973
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
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.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
E. Brooke Kelly is Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
Julia Waity is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
Leslie Hossfeld, Professor of Sociology, Mississippi State University, is current director of the Mississippi Food Insecurity Project.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Part I: Concepts
1. Security via Sovereignty: Lessons from the Global South Myriam Paredes and Mark Edwards
2. Can You Put Food on the Table? Redefining Poverty in America Maureen Berner and Alexander Vazquez
3. Food, Poverty, and Lifestyle Patterns: How Diversity Matters Michael Jindra and Nicolas Larchet
Part Two: Problems
4. Food Spending Profiles for White, Black, and Hispanic Households Living in Poverty Raphaël Charron-Chénier
5. The Geography of Risk: A Case Study of Food Insecurity, Poverty, and Food Assistance between the Urban and the Rural Michael D. Gillespie
6. Poverty, Food Insecurity, and Health among Youth Don Willis and Kevin M. Fitzpatrick
7. The Role of Coupons in Exacerbating Food Insecurity and Obesity Kaitland M. Byrd, W. Carson Byrd, and Samuel R. Cook
8. The Rise and Falter of Emergency Food Assistance Jennifer W. Bouek
9. The Complex Challenges to Participation in Federal Nutrition Programs Rachel Wilkerson, Kathy Krey, and Linda English
10. Access to Food Assistance for Food Insecure Seniors Marie C. Gualtieri
11. Food Deserts and Injustice: Poverty, Food Insecurity, and Food Sovereignty in Three Rust Belt Cities Stephen J. Scanlan and Sam Regas
12. Shifting Access to Food: Food Deserts in Atlanta, 1980–2010 Gloria Ross and Bill Winders
Part Three: Solutions
13. Together at the Table: The Power of Public-Private Partnerships to Alleviate Hunger Erin Nolen, Jeremy Everett, Doug McDurham, and Kathy Krey
14. Race, Class, Privilege, and Bias in South Florida Food Movements Marina Karides and Patricia Widener
15. Food Insecurity in Southeast Grand Rapids, Michigan: How Our Kitchen Table Is Building Food Justice in the Face of Profiteering and Exclusionary Practices Christy Mello
16. Community Leadership and Participation to Increase Food Access and Quality: Notes from the Field Ameena Batada and Olufemi Lewis
17. Hunger in the Land of Plenty: Local Responses to Food Insecurity in Iowa Gabrielle Roesch-McNally, Jacqueline Nester, Andrea Basche, Eric Christianson, and Emily Zimmerman
18. Food Pantries on College and University Campuses: An Emerging Solution to Food Insecurity Carmel E. Price and Natalie R. Sampson
