Description
Food insecurity rates that 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.
About the Author
Leslie Hossfeld, Professor of Sociology, Mississippi State University, is founding executive director of Feast Down East in southeastern North Carolina and current director of the Mississippi Food Insecurity Project.
E. Brooke Kelly is Associate Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
Julia Waity is Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
Book Information
ISBN 9780826522047
Author Leslie Hossfeld
Format Paperback
Page Count 264
Imprint Vanderbilt University Press
Publisher Vanderbilt University Press
Weight(grams) 578g
Dimensions(mm) 248mm * 185mm * 17mm
About the Author
Leslie Hossfeld, Professor of Sociology, Mississippi State University, is founding executive director of Feast Down East in southeastern North Carolina and current director of the Mississippi Food Insecurity Project.
E. Brooke Kelly is Associate Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
Julia Waity is Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
Book Information
ISBN 9780826522047
Author Leslie Hossfeld
Format Paperback
Page Count 264
Imprint Vanderbilt University Press
Publisher Vanderbilt University Press
Weight(grams) 578g
Dimensions(mm) 248mm * 185mm * 17mm
