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Food Security and Hunger

Food Security and Hunger. Plants. All Calories are solar in origin Green plants make solar energy  nrg nutrients (carbs, proteins and lipids) Plants + helper organisms  Nitrogen to form we use (amino acids) Everyone ’ s food security is intimately tied to the health

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Food Security and Hunger

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  1. Food Security and Hunger

  2. Plants • All Calories are solar in origin • Green plants make solar energy nrg nutrients (carbs, proteins and lipids) • Plants + helper organisms  Nitrogen to form we use (amino acids) • Everyone’s food security is intimately tied to the health of the environment.

  3. Hunger • Define hunger? • How does it make you feel? • How would you feel if you did not know when you would be fed next? • What action would you take to end your own hunger?

  4. Domestic Hunger/Malnutrition Feeding the US population of 322 Million

  5. Hunger in the USA ~40M‘food insecure’ or‘hungry’ #1 at risk-Kids of single, poor women Primary cause of domestic hunger is poverty ‘Poor’ in US income below Fed poverty guideline

  6. Federal Poverty Guideline • Individual ~ $11,670 • Family of 4 ~ $23,850 2 adults+ 2 kids Do you think this is poor? If you were earning twice this amount would you still be poor? (reside in Bay Area)

  7. Minimum Wage • The minimum hourly wage allowed by the Federal Government • Fed min. wage = $7.25/hr

  8. Does earning minimum wage keep you out of poverty? • Calif min. wage = $8.00/hr (SJ $10.15/hr) • Full time Calif. minimum wage = $16,640 • Remember….. Federal Poverty level guideline single= $11,670 family= $23,850

  9. Living Wage The wage required to live independent of charity

  10. Safety NetHuge in the US Private Loaves and Fishes Sunday Friends City Team Martha’s Kitchen Vegielution SHFB …….many more

  11. Second Harvest Food Bank $0.95 per dollar spent at SHFB, goes to feeding people In 2013 ~250,000 fed each month ~67% families with kids and seniors Programs PIN, Sr. Brown Bag, KIDS now

  12. Government Programs Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program SNAP CalFreshin CA $1 CalFresh spent generate $1.79 of activity in the local economy Max benefit <$2/meal per family member

  13. Government Programs WIC Improve pgoutcome #1 efficient Fed food program Nutrient dense food, Nutr Ed, Medical School Lunch (Breakfast + Summer) Program Lunch program is oldest Fed food plan

  14. 1946 National School Lunch Act President Harry Truman “In the long view, no nation is healthier than its children, or more prosperous than its farmers”

  15. FeedingAmerica • Good food safety net exists • Government programs exist • Room for improvement!!!! • Goal…access for all to a safe, nutrient dense food supply

  16. Increasing your personal food security: Produce (some) of your own food Participate in a community garden or a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program in your area.

  17. Table 15-2, p. 573

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