Library Guides: Self Help: Food Insecueity

In the Library

The Evolving Sphere of Food Security by Rosamond L. Naylor (Editor)
Call Number: HD9000.5 .E96 2014
ISBN: 9780199354061
Publication Date: 2014-09-17
Hundreds of millions of people still suffer from chronic hunger and food insecurity despite sufficient levels of global food production. The poor's inability to afford adequate diets remains the biggest constraint to solving hunger, but the dynamics of global food insecurity are complex and demand analysis that extends beyond the traditional domains of economics and agriculture.
The U. S. -Mexico Transborder Region by Carlos G. Vélez-Ibáñez (Editor); Josiah Heyman (Editor)
Call Number: F787 .U67 2017
ISBN: 9780816535156
Publication Date: 2017-04-11
The U.S.-Mexico Transborder Region presents advanced anthropological theorizing of culture in an important regional setting. Not a static entity, the transborder region is peopled by ever-changing groups who face the challenges of social inequality: political enforcement of privilege, economic subordination of indigenous communities, and organized resistance to domination.

eBooks

Critical mapping for sustainable food design : food security, equity, and justice by Audrey Bennett(Author)Jennifer A Vokoun(Author)
ISBN: 9781003222026
Publication Date: 2023
Food Insecurity by Rosalie Garner
ISBN: 1536102636
Publication Date: 2016-01-01
The U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) defines food insecurity as "uncertainty of having, or unable to acquire enough food to meet the needs of their members because of insufficient money or other resources for food at times during the year". This book discusses patterns, prevalence and risk factors of food insecurity.
Food Insecurity among Hispanics and Immigrants in the U. S. by Devin Powers
ISBN: 9781634858144
Publication Date: 2016-01-01
Food-insecure households have difficulty at some time during the year in providing enough food for all their members due to a lack of resources. In 2014, 14.0 percent of all U.S. households were food insecure, versus 22.4 percent of Hispanic households. This book estimates the extent and severity of food insecurity across diverse groups of Hispanic households using 2011-2014 data from the Current Population Survey's Food Security Supplement. Furthermore, this book analyzes immigrant families' Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation and food insecurity, using the Food Security Supplement of the Current Population Survey, 2003-10.
Food insecurity among LGBTQ youth by Moriah L Macklin
ISBN: 1396783352
Publication Date: 2023

Statistically Speaking

PAC S.H.A.R.E.

This is a resource located here at Palo Alto College: Student health, Advocacy, Resource, Engagement. They can help students in almost anyway! Housing assistance, Food pantry, Emergency financial aid, Mental health counseling and Child care access. SHARE also provides Career closet, Diaper program, Community resources, Free or low cost Internet and devices and Federal and state benefits support.

Located in the new Rio Grande building #131 and 132A. 210-486-3121

Local Assistance

This organization provides a lot of information on local services, including Emergency Food Assistance.

eVideos

Complete eats : summer meals offered by the emergency department for food insecurity

This advocacy case study describes the implementation and evaluation of the summer meals program in an emergency department.

This documentary takes a journey across the country to understand why senior citizens are the fastest growing group of people going hungry in America.

The experiences, people, and issues are vividly genuine. The fact that over 5 million American seniors experience food insecurity is astounding. This journey will change your thinking about aging along with how you see the present for the seniors in your life and your own future.

Directors Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush examine the issue of hunger in America through the lens of three people struggling with food insecurity: Barbie, a single Philadelphia mother who grew up in poverty and is trying to provide a better life for her two kids; Rosie, a Colorado fifth-grader who often has to depend on friends and neighbors to feed her and has trouble concentrating in school; and Tremonica, a Mississippi second-grader whose asthma and health issues are exacerbated by the largely empty calories her hardworking mother can afford.

On the Web

Database/Online Source Search Terms

Food Insecurity

Hunger

Malnutrition

Famine

Food Crisis

Starvation

Self Help: Food Insecueity