SOSC 2110 Lecture Notes - Food Bank, Welfare, Food Security
17 Apr 2014
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Key concepts: food security: a condition in which all people at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutrious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life. 1. 7 million canadians households experienced food insecurity- didn"t include homeless or first nation groups living on reserves (underestimate the problem: range from severe food insecurity(2. 6) the lowest to food secure the highest(87. 4%) 1 in 6 children suffer from food insecurity. 16. 1% of people who live in food insecure household are on social assistance. Lower-paying, flexible jobs: widening gap between rich and poor, people held responsible for choices. Neoliberalism & food: free trade of food products- local econimies vs. Corporation: abandonment of government responsibilities for social welfare, changing ideas about food- market logic internalized/ food seen as commodity, people as consumers, and society as marketplace.
