Hunger  Define hunger?  How does it make you feel?  How would you feel if you didn’t know when you would be fed next?  What actions would you take to end your own hunger?

Domestic Hunger/Malnutrition Feeding the US population of ~320 Million

Hunger in the USA ~40M‘food insecure’ or‘hungry’ #1 at risk=kids of single, poor women #1 cause of domestic hunger is poverty ‘Poor’ in US  income < Federal poverty guideline

Federal Poverty Guideline  Individual~ $11,670  Family of 4 ~ $23,850 2 adults+ 2 kids 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)

Minimum Wage   Hourly wage allowed by the Fed Government   Fed minimum wage = $7.25/hr

Does earning minimum wage keep you out of poverty?  Calif min. wage = $9.00/hr (SJ $10.15/hr)  Full Calif. minimum wage = $18,180 Remember…..  Federal Poverty level guideline  single= $11,670  family= $23,850

What is meant by Living Wage?

Living Wage The wage required to live independent of charity

Safety Net Huge in the US Private Loaves and Fishes Sunday Friends City Team Vegielution SHFB …….many more

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Second Harvest Food Bank 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

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

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

  Charitable safety-net exists   Govt. programs exist   Room for improvement   Goal: All to have access to a safe, nutritious food supply

Food security is about more than just access to food….

How food secure are you?  Evaluate your food independence (FI)  How can you increase your food independence? your food independence?  Due, next class. Typed one paragraph summary of FI score paragraph summary of FI score and changes you can make and changes you can make to be more food independent. to be more food independent.  Be realistic!!!!

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

Food Security and Hunger How many steps away from hunger are you?

How secure are you from hunger?

Plants  All Calories are solar in origin  Green plants convert solar energy  nrg nutrients (carb, protein, lipid) (carb, protein, lipid)  Plants + helper organisms convert N  to form we use (amino acids) Food security is intimately tied to the health of the environment.

How food secure are you? How food secure are you? With a group of 2-3, record all the things that have to happen between sunlight reaching the earth and you getting the food at your table.

Environment  Agriculture Agriculture Transportation Retail Market Retail Market Economy($)  Social Welfare/Charity Economy($)  Social Welfare/Charity There is another important factor to consider…

Environmental capacity vs. Population size

Table 15-2, p. 573

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