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Poverty and Food Insecurity
Poverty and Food Insecurity
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Poverty in WisconsinPoverty in Wisconsin
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Food InsecurityFood Insecurity
• “Food insecurity is the limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe food to sustain an active, healthy life or a limited or uncertain ability to acquire food in socially acceptable ways.” (Second Harvest FoodBank of Southwestern WI)
• Food insecure households do not have certain access to food.
• Food insecure households report running out of food without having money to buy more, cutting back on the size of meals, or having to skip meals altogether. (UW-Extension, Report on Poverty and Food Insecurity in Wisconsin and Dane County.)
• “Food insecurity is the limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe food to sustain an active, healthy life or a limited or uncertain ability to acquire food in socially acceptable ways.” (Second Harvest FoodBank of Southwestern WI)
• Food insecure households do not have certain access to food.
• Food insecure households report running out of food without having money to buy more, cutting back on the size of meals, or having to skip meals altogether. (UW-Extension, Report on Poverty and Food Insecurity in Wisconsin and Dane County.)
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What populations are most vulnerable to food insecurity?
What populations are most vulnerable to food insecurity?
• Children
• Single-parent households
• Working poor
• People on fixed income - people with disabilities, seniors, etc
• Children
• Single-parent households
• Working poor
• People on fixed income - people with disabilities, seniors, etc
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Some federal programs have effectively
addressed poverty
Some federal programs have effectively
addressed poverty • Social Security
• Earned Income Tax Credit
• Medicare, Medicaid
• FoodShare (formerly Food Stamps) – An effective tool during the Great Recession with recipients numbering 46 million (2012) up from 26.3 million in 2007.
• Social Security
• Earned Income Tax Credit
• Medicare, Medicaid
• FoodShare (formerly Food Stamps) – An effective tool during the Great Recession with recipients numbering 46 million (2012) up from 26.3 million in 2007.
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How does FoodShare help alleviate poverty?How does FoodShare
help alleviate poverty?• Second Harvest of Southwestern WI estimates that 2
out of 3 seniors are not receiving eligible benefits for FoodShare.
• The minimum an eligible senior can receive is $16 per month.
• In Dane County, if all potentially eligible seniors received this minimum benefit it would contribute $80,000 to the local food economy.
• Considering the “multiplier effect” this amount is greater: It has been estimated that every FoodShare dollar spent contributes $3 to the economy.
• Second Harvest of Southwestern WI estimates that 2 out of 3 seniors are not receiving eligible benefits for FoodShare.
• The minimum an eligible senior can receive is $16 per month.
• In Dane County, if all potentially eligible seniors received this minimum benefit it would contribute $80,000 to the local food economy.
• Considering the “multiplier effect” this amount is greater: It has been estimated that every FoodShare dollar spent contributes $3 to the economy.
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Other factors that effect access to food
Other factors that effect access to food
• Fixed income, increasing food costs
• No local grocery, farmers market, garden space
• Limited food bank hours, selection
• Lack of reliable transportation
• Health limitations, dietary concerns
• Social isolation, lack of common cultural connection
• Fixed income, increasing food costs
• No local grocery, farmers market, garden space
• Limited food bank hours, selection
• Lack of reliable transportation
• Health limitations, dietary concerns
• Social isolation, lack of common cultural connection
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Fixed Income
Transportation
Health NeedsSocial
IsolationCulture
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Connecting CommunityConnecting Community
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Other Mutual Aid Networks
that address food insecurity
Other Mutual Aid Networks
that address food insecurity
• Fair Trade Neighborhood Project - Bringing together producers and consumers through relocalizing our food/farm economy (Reedsburg/La Valle)
• Oneida Tsyunhekwa Project - restoring access to traditional culturally appropriate foods (Oneida/Green Bay)
• Dane County TimeBank Garden Project - Neighbors helping neighbors to build gardens and plant.
• Fair Trade Neighborhood Project - Bringing together producers and consumers through relocalizing our food/farm economy (Reedsburg/La Valle)
• Oneida Tsyunhekwa Project - restoring access to traditional culturally appropriate foods (Oneida/Green Bay)
• Dane County TimeBank Garden Project - Neighbors helping neighbors to build gardens and plant.
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What does food security look like in your
community?
What does food security look like in your
community?