SOC 240 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Food Desert, Fallacy, Productivism

• School: University of Maine
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 240
• Professor: Blackstone

Document Summary

Quiz questions: one major problem with the emergency food system highlighted by analysis is that It is unplanned, incomplete, and only about feeding poor: paradoxically, many [ ] are today"s rural food deserts, farm towns. Absolute poverty - when a person or household lacks the basic needs for survival and well-being, including food, shelter, health care, and freedom from violence or threat. Relative poverty - when people and households are deprived of the comforts and privileges that most people in our society enjoy. Hunger - the pervasive lack of food that causes immediate physiological discomfort. Food insecurity - limited access of lack of access to a nutritionally sound and culturally appropriate diet from reliable mainstream sources. Household food insecurity - the ability of a household to access culturally acceptable and sufficient food supplies in a socially acceptable manner without relying on food assistance programs or illegitimate means.