SOC349H5 Lecture Notes - Neoliberalism, Freeganism, Food Desert
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Canadians work longer hours and consequently trying to save time by buying readymade foods. People in the lowest income group have the fewest selection of food. As we earn more money the amount spent on food doubles because people have a larger amount of disposable income. Hidden hunger (is the concept that we don"t see hunger in an affluent nation) In remote areas food is more expensive because of transportation costs (i. e. nunavut) Freeganism is the idea that people can take food that has been discarded and then consume it and it involves the total boycott of the economic system. Food security (involves feeding someone well) and deals with: Access to food: (spatial access to grocery store, economic access (i. e. difference b/w longos and. No frills, social access (how do u feel there, are u comfortable buying there) Poppernick argued that hunger is the scapegoat of poverty (we help food banks to feel good about ourselves)
