inequality Archives - Real Food Media https://realfoodmedia.org/tag/inequality/ Storytelling, critical analysis, and strategy for the food movement. Sat, 16 Apr 2022 02:46:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 Big Hunger: The Unholy Alliance Between Corporate America and Anti-Hunger Groups https://realfoodmedia.org/portfolio/big-hunger-the-unholy-alliance-between-corporate-america-and-anti-hunger-groups/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=big-hunger-the-unholy-alliance-between-corporate-america-and-anti-hunger-groups https://realfoodmedia.org/portfolio/big-hunger-the-unholy-alliance-between-corporate-america-and-anti-hunger-groups/#respond Fri, 30 Jun 2017 17:54:14 +0000 http://realfoodmedia.org/?post_type=portfolio&p=1672 In Big Hunger, Andrew Fisher takes a critical look at the business of hunger. Food charity is embedded in American civil society, and federal food programs have remained intact while other anti-poverty programs have been eliminated or slashed. But anti-hunger advocates are missing an essential element of the problem: economic inequality driven by low wages.... Read more »

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]]> In Big Hunger, Andrew Fisher takes a critical look at the business of hunger. Food charity is embedded in American civil society, and federal food programs have remained intact while other anti-poverty programs have been eliminated or slashed. But anti-hunger advocates are missing an essential element of the problem: economic inequality driven by low wages. Reliant on corporate donations of food and money, anti-hunger organizations have failed to hold business accountable for offshoring jobs, cutting benefits, exploiting workers and rural communities, and resisting wage increases. They have become part of a “hunger industrial complex” that seems as self-perpetuating as the more famous military-industrial complex.

Fisher lays out a vision that encompasses a broader definition of hunger characterized by a focus on public health, economic justice, and economic democracy. He points to the work of numerous grassroots organizations that are leading the way in these fields as models for the rest of the anti-hunger sector. It is only through approaches like these that we can hope to end hunger, not just manage it.

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]]> Hunger in America’s Heartland https://realfoodmedia.org/video/hunger-in-americas-heartland/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hunger-in-americas-heartland Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:25:47 +0000 http://realfoodfilms.org/?post_type=video&p=1668 The post Hunger in America’s Heartland appeared first on Real Food Media.

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