Transcript hunger - De Anza College

Hunger
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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
Do you think this is poor?
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If you were earning twice this amount would
you still be poor? (reside in Bay Area)
Minimum Wage
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Hourly wage allowed by the Fed Government
Fed minimum wage = $7.25/hr
Does earning minimum wage keep
you out of poverty?
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Calif min. wage = $9.00/hr (SJ $10.15/hr)
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Full time @ Calif. minimum wage = $18,180
Remember…..
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Federal Poverty level guideline
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single= $11,670
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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
p. 573
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 <$2/meal per family member
Government Programs
WIC
Improve pg outcome
#1 efficient Fed food program
Nutrient dense food, Nutr Ed, Medical
School Lunch (Breakfast + Summer) Program
Lunch program is oldest Fed food plan
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Charitable safety-net exists
 Govt. programs exist
 Room for improvement
 Goal: All to have access to a
safe, nutritious food supply
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Food security is about more than just
access to food….
How food secure are you?
Evaluate your food independence (FI)
 How can you increase
your food independence?
 Due, next class. Typed one
paragraph summary of FI score
and changes you can make
to be more food independent.
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Be realistic!!!!
1946 National School Lunch Act
“In the long view, no nation is healthier than
its children, or more prosperous than its
farmers”
President Harry Truman
Food Security and Hunger
How many steps away from hunger are you?
How secure are you from hunger?
Plants
All Calories are solar in origin
 Green plants convert solar energy nrg nutrients
(carb, protein, lipid)
 Plants + helper organisms convert N  to form we use
(amino acids)
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Food security is
intimately tied to the
health of the environment.
How food secure are you?
With a group of 2-3, record all the things that
have to happen between sunlight reaching the
earth and you getting the food at your table.
Environment
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There is another
Agriculture
important
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factor to consider…
Transportation
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Retail Market
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Economy($) Social Welfare/Charity
Environmental capacity vs. Population size
Table 15-2, p. 573
Happy Thanksgiving