Changing hearts and minds about food insecurity in the U.S. takes courage and love

First paragraph: The public health challenges associated with food insecurity in the United States are thoroughly researched and catalogued at regular intervals by public institutions, academics, and community-based organizations. The data provided is often used to design targeted interventions...

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Main Author: Christine Caruso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems 2025-07-01
Series:Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
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Online Access:https://www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/1399
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description First paragraph: The public health challenges associated with food insecurity in the United States are thoroughly researched and catalogued at regular intervals by public institutions, academics, and community-based organizations. The data provided is often used to design targeted interventions and advocate for policies to increase access to healthy foods, which are always worthy endeavors. Mariana Chilton’s mission in The Painful Truth about Hunger in America manages to take on this same project, while simultaneously working to transform the reader’s understanding of hunger in profound and personal ways in order to address the structural factors that produce hunger in America. . . .
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spelling doaj-art-f5b27a3a1de4480e9afb1ca2b77e5f0a2025-07-11T21:21:28ZengLyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food SystemsJournal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development2152-08012025-07-0114310.5304/jafscd.2025.143.037Changing hearts and minds about food insecurity in the U.S. takes courage and loveChristine Caruso0Wesleyan University First paragraph: The public health challenges associated with food insecurity in the United States are thoroughly researched and catalogued at regular intervals by public institutions, academics, and community-based organizations. The data provided is often used to design targeted interventions and advocate for policies to increase access to healthy foods, which are always worthy endeavors. Mariana Chilton’s mission in The Painful Truth about Hunger in America manages to take on this same project, while simultaneously working to transform the reader’s understanding of hunger in profound and personal ways in order to address the structural factors that produce hunger in America. . . . https://www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/1399hungerfood insecurityqualitative researchtraumaracismpublic health policy
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Changing hearts and minds about food insecurity in the U.S. takes courage and love
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
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food insecurity
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public health policy
title Changing hearts and minds about food insecurity in the U.S. takes courage and love
title_full Changing hearts and minds about food insecurity in the U.S. takes courage and love
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title_full_unstemmed Changing hearts and minds about food insecurity in the U.S. takes courage and love
title_short Changing hearts and minds about food insecurity in the U.S. takes courage and love
title_sort changing hearts and minds about food insecurity in the u s takes courage and love
topic hunger
food insecurity
qualitative research
trauma
racism
public health policy
url https://www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/1399
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