The Painful Truth about Hunger in America
Why We Must Unlearn Everything We Think We Know--and Start Again
$74.76
- Hardcover
376 pages
- Release Date
29 October 2024
Summary
A radical and urgent new approach to how we can solve the problems of hunger and poverty in the US.
Most people think hunger has to do with food—researchers, policymakers, and advocates focus on promoting government-funded nutrition assistance; well-meaning organizations try to get expired or wasted food to marginalized communities; and philanthropists donate their money to the cause and congratulate themselves for doing so. But few people ask about the structural issues undergirding …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262048309 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262048302 |
| Author: | Mariana Chilton |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 376 |
| Release Date: | 29 October 2024 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
| Series: | Food, Health, and the Environment |
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Critics Review
“Chilton raises the real question: In a nation of such wealth, how can this human tragedy continue? She calls us to thoughtful actions and responses beyond reactivity, in line with values of well-being, justice, and harmony.”
—Larry Ward, Cofounder, The Lotus Institute
“Chilton’s uncompromising book cuts to the heart of what’s wrong with America’s ‘safety net’ for poverty and hunger. Her tough analysis derives from the lived experience of people dependent on this system despite its demonstrable inadequacies, inequities, and indignities.”
—Marion Nestle, Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, Emerita, NYU; author of Food Politics
“Hunger is a political problem, and Chilton’s powerful account both shows that the US food system is built on a profound degree of inequality and shares a clear vision for change.”
—Michael Fakhri, Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, United Nations
“Truth-telling in these divisive times is both brave and dangerous. I deeply admire Dr. Chilton’s willingness to take on the deceit and misinformation that surround us by magnifying the voices and expertise of people who know hunger.”
—Sandra L. Bloom, MD, Founder, Creating Presence; coauthor of Destroying Sanctuary
“Equal parts memoir and academic analysis, this book exposes the violence underlying hunger in America while demonstrating the courage and love needed to end it once and for all.”
—Andy Fisher, author of Big Hunger
About The Author
Mariana Chilton
Mariana Chilton is Professor of Health Management and Policy at Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel University. She founded the Center for Hunger-Free Communities, where she launched Witnesses to Hunger, a movement to increase women’s participation in the national dialogue on hunger and poverty, and the Building Wealth and Health Network to promote healing and economic security. She has testified on solutions to hunger before the US Senate and US House of Representatives.
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