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Hunger Issue. Cody Bauer Susan Cole Andrew Massie Charlsie Welshan. Knoxville, TN. Richmond, VA. Brownsburg, IN. Comparing Technology. Knoxville, TN Access to: basic communication Radio TV Internet laptops ipads ipods modern software. Richmond, VA Access to:
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Hunger Issue Cody Bauer Susan Cole Andrew Massie CharlsieWelshan
Comparing Technology • Knoxville, TN • Access to: • basic communication • Radio • TV • Internet • laptops • ipads • ipods • modern software
Richmond, VA • Access to: • basic communication • Radio • TV • Internet • laptops • ipads • ipods • modern software
Brownsburg, IN • Access to: • basic communication • Radio • TV • Internet • laptops • ipads • ipods • modern software
The Issue of Hunger • Knoxville, TN • Tennessee is around the national average for food scarcity • KARM (Knoxville Area Rescue Ministries) • serves about 1,072 meals a day • Second Harvest • 80,312 people are at risk of hunger in Knox County • 13.8% of population lives in poverty
Richmond, VA • Virginia is below the national average for food scarcity • 66% of the population in VA is in danger of hunger • Brownsburg, IN • Indiana is around the national average for food scarcity • Second Harvest • 72,000 people are hungry in East Indiana • 287,000 people in East Indiana live in poverty • 44% of children in East Indiana are malnourished
Solution to the problem • educating people in how to grow their own food and what grows well in the area • enabling people to be better equipped in employment pursuits • coaching people in good money management practices