Food insecurity, the lack of access at all times to the food needed for an active and healthy life, continues to be a growing problem as populations increase wh

This book offers a broad introduction to food policies in the United States. Real-world controversies and debates motivate the book's attention to economic prin

Food insecurity rates, which skyrocketed with the Great Recession, have yet to fall to pre-recession levels. Food pantries are stretched thin, and states are im

Despite technological advances in agriculture, nearly a billion people around the world still suffer from hunger and poor nutrition while a billion are overweig

​This volume is concerned with food poverty and action on food (in)security. The context is a global one; as the developed world faces a problem with overcons