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 overconsumption and chronic diseases, the developing world is addressing the double burden of hunger and over consumption. Even in the developed world, nation states are facing the rise of modern malnutrition which is over consumption, but also the re-emergence of hunger as there are growing levels of poverty and inequality due to the financial crises. Food insecurity is in many people s minds associated with hunger, and whilethis is true the...
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 o...
The authors look at the historical positioning of food aid and the growth of the food aid sector in the UK following the period of austerity 2007-2012, before addressing the causes of food insecurity and concluding that food banks are a symptom of austerity and government inaction which fail to tackle the underlying causes of food poverty.
The authors look at the historical positioning of food aid and the growth of the food aid sector in the UK following the period of austerity 2007-2012...
