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The emergency food system (EFS) is a critical part of the United States' social safety net. Using 2015-2020 Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement data, we identified trends in EFS use among food insecure, low-income households by estimating the probability of EFS use adjusting for...

Author(s)
Brady, P.; Harnack, L.; Widome, R.; Berry, K. M.; Valluri, S.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia, USA
Citation
Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 2023, 18, 2, pp 145-163
Abstract

Background: School nutrition programs mitigate child food insecurity across the United States. With the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, kindergarten through grade 12 physical school campuses closed, which led to those programs transitioning to emergency feeding. The...

Author(s)
Patten, E. V.; Spruance, L.; Vaterlaus, J. M.; Jones, M.; Beckstead, E.
Publisher
Elsevier, New York, USA
Citation
Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 2021, 121, 8, pp 1441-1453
Abstract

Many natural and non-natural hazards threaten food security, especially in urban areas where growing populations place extra demands on the food supply. Ensuring stable food security before, during, and after disasters requires resilient food systems that can withstand and recover from disruptions. ...

Author(s)
Biehl, E.; Buzogany, S.; Baja, K.; Neff, R. A.
Publisher
New Leaf Associates, Ithaca, USA
Citation
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems and Community Development, 2018, 8, Supplement 2, pp 39-53
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This scoping review aims to describe the main barriers to food security imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic in low-income U.S. households, identify effective community-based implementation frameworks and strategies, and discuss the lessons learned from implementing community-based approaches during...

Author(s)
Sacca, L.; Garba, N. A.; Clarke, R. D.; Maroun, V.; Brown, D. R.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia, USA
Citation
Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 2023, 18, 3, pp 396-414
Abstract

Native Americans make up less than 2% of the population of the USA, but suffer from some of the highest rates of food insecurity, poverty, diet-related diseases, and other socioeconomic challenges. This study examined unique attributes of food security in Native American communities in the Klamath...

Author(s)
Sowerwine, J.; Mucioki, M.; Sarna-Wojcicki, D.; Hillman, L.
Publisher
Springer, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Food Security, 2019, 11, 3, pp 579-607
Abstract

Federal food assistance in the USA is an agglomeration of programs, the legacy of charitable and needs-based approaches that have been in place since the 1930s. Moving toward a rights-based approach would overcome many of the problems of these programs, such as the stigma attached to receiving...

Author(s)
Anderson, M. D.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK
Citation
Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, 2020, 35, 4, pp 439-441
Abstract

This collection of five papers, in addition to an introduction, deals with the the issues currently facing the US emergency food system regarding shifts to more healthful foods. The papers in this issue identify a sound basis for an agenda of action by food banks, their member agencies, and key...

Publisher
Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia, USA
Citation
Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 2013, 8, 3, pp 257-336
Abstract

USDA makes sure that nutritious USDA Foods are made available to States, Indian Tribal Organizations and Emergency Feeding Organizations to help feed survivors of natural disasters and other emergencies when needed.

Author(s)
Abernathy, T.
Publisher
Center for Academic Publications Japan, Tokyo, Japan
Citation
Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology, 2015, 61, Suppl., pp S14
Abstract

This report provides statistics on food security in U.S. households throughout 2021 based on the Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement data collected in December 2021. An estimated 89.8 percent of U.S. households were food secure throughout the entire year in 2021, with access at all...

Author(s)
Coleman-Jensen, A.; Rabbitt, M. P.; Gregory, C. A.; Singh, A.
Publisher
USDA Economic Research Service, Washington, USA
Citation
Economic Research Report - Economic Research Service, USDA, 2022, 309, pp 44 pp.
Abstract

This report describes the food commodities that are used in U.S. emergency food aid programs and outlines issues in their distribution, selection and formulation that may limit their ability to meet the nutrition needs of recipients. Issues are being raised at this time because the U.S. Congress...

Author(s)
Marchione, T. J.
Publisher
American Society for Nutritional Sciences, Bethesda, USA
Citation
Journal of Nutrition, 2002, 132, 7, pp 2104S-2111S

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