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

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: Leslie Hossfeld
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Published: 09/24/2018
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.80h x 7.30w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780826522047
ISBN10: 0826522041
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Agriculture & Food (see also Political Science | Public Poli
- Political Science | Public Policy | Agriculture & Food Policy
- Social Science | Poverty & Homelessness

About the Author
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.