| Description |
xiii, 301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Participant Media guide |
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Participant Media guide.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Looks at the under-reported problem of hunger facing nearly fifty million Americans, told through three intimate stories of real people in crisis. |
| Contents |
Foreword: The missing element / Jeff Bridges -- Introduction: The producers : a place at the table / Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush -- Hunger in America, 2013 / Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) -- part. I: On the front lines of hunger. Witnesses to hunger / Mariana Chilton -- Another take : Angel's story / Food Research and Action Center -- Local leaders : Colorado / Bob Wilson and Leslie Nichols -- Another take : family breakfast, at school / Food Research and Action Center -- The grocery gap : finding healthy food in America / Allison Karpyn and Sarah Treuhaft -- A top chef goes to Washington / Tom Colicchio -- Money where our mouths are / Ken Cook -- Food stamps : once we had it right / Gus Schumacher, Michel Nischan, and Daniel Bowman Simon -- Another take : seeds of plenty, from food stamps / Daniel Bowman Simon -- Today's "eat more" environment : the role of the food industry / Marion Nestle -- The new hidden persuaders : the digital world of food maketing to children and teens / Jennifer L. Harris -- The ABCs of school lunch / Janet Poppendieck -- part II: Feeding the hungry . Feeding America in times of change / Matt Knott -- Faith and food / David Beckmann and Sarah Newman -- The Oregon Food Bank / Sharon Thornberry -- Hunger in New York City : what local government can do / Josh Getlin and Scott M. Stringer -- Getting off the anti-hunger treadmill / Andy Fisher -- part III: Beyond feeding the hungry. Childhood hunger : a battle that can be won / Bill Shore -- Beyond the charity myth / Joel Berg -- Another take : federal programs can do more / Food Research and Action Center -- The one-word strategy for ending hunger : MERGERS / Robert Egger -- part IV: What you can do about it. The accidental activist / Kelly Meyer -- Seven steps to ending child hunger by 2015 / Food Research and Action Center -- Directory of NGOs. |
| Subject |
Hunger -- United States.
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Food supply -- United States.
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Food relief -- United States.
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Public welfare -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Pringle, Peter.
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| ISBN |
9781610391818 paperback : original |
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1610391810 paperback : original |
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9781610391825 electronic |
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1610391829 electronic |
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