The Depressing Graph Du Jour – Food Insecurity in the US
November 18th, 2009 by SocProf and tagged Poverty, Precarization, Structural Violence
And here are some more specific data about this appalling state of affairs and what should be the shame of the nation considering how much money have been funneled to financial institutions and will be funneled to the health insurance sector:
Maybe it is time for the UN to send some food aid to the United States? Because heaven forbid that this country reconsider its economic organization of food production and distribution, including the enormous subsidies going to the Big Corn.
It is indeed misleading to speak of “food shortage”. Food is available but healthy food is unaffordable for many households. It is a redistribution problem, not a production one.
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