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This research guide aims to define food insecurity and introduce closely related concepts at the local, national, and global levels. Use the tabs across the top of the guide to navigate.
Compiled by BGSU Librarians Vera Lux, Edith Scarletto, and Maureen Barry.
What is Food Insecurity?
Keywords/Related Concepts
Terms & Definitions
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How to talk about food (in)securityBrief peer reviewed introductions to concepts, ideas, and terms related to issues in food insecurity. Both text and video.
Local/State
Background and Context
College Students & Hunger
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Five Years of Evidence on Campus Basic Needs InsecurityTemple University
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5 New Realities to Know About College HungerInside Higher Ed
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College Student Hunger Statistics and ResearchFeeding America
USDA US Food Security by State 2020
Voices of Food Insecurity
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Root to Seed Food Justice PodcastProduced by Community Food Initiatives in SE Ohio
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BG Ideas: Food Pantries, Food Insecurity, and Social StigmaIn this episode, Dr. Jolie Sheffer interviews Natalie Orslene, a BGSU graduate student and ICS Student Research Award winner, and Dr. Shannon Orr, Professor of Political Science. They discuss factors impacting food pantry access and the social stigma associated with food insecurity.
Programs
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Healthy Food Access Portal Profiles & Research SpotlightsIn 2014, the Ohio Regional Convergence Partnership and Finance Fund, in partnership with The Food Trust, conducted a statewide research study to identify communities in Ohio with greatest need for improved access to healthy food.
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Produce PerksTo improve the health of under-served communities by increasing affordable access to healthy food.
Government Agencies
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Ohio Benefits PortalCheck for eligibility, apply for assistance, access assistance.
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SNAP Benefits: Ohio Office of Family AssistanceInformation on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in Ohio and other resources.
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Wood County Job & Family ServicesSNAP administration
Advocacy/Policy Organizations
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Children's Hunger AllianceFounded in 1970, Children’s Hunger Alliance is an Ohio nonprofit organization dedicated to ending childhood hunger. Produced Ohio needs report: The State of Childhood Hunger: Creating a Full Future
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Ohio Food Policy NetworkA collaborative network of active local food councils and multiple state, regional, and local stakeholders throughout Ohio guided by a Steering Committee that facilitates collaboration within the network.
Data and Datasets
National
Background and Context
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Overview of Food Security in the United StatesUnited States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service
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U.S. Food Insecurity ResearchFeeding America
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Identifying and Countering White Supremacy Culture in Food SystemsDuke University World Food Policy Center
USDA U.S. Food Insecurity 2020
Voices of Food Insecurity and Food Activism
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Real Stories of HungerFeeding America
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Food Sovereignty in the USA: A Selection of StoriesU.S. Food Sovereignty Alliance
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Real Food MediaSee: Voices of the Food Chain
Get Involved
Community Organizing
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Freedge"We promote equal access to healthy food through the installation of community fridges (public refrigerators) that are used to share food and ideas at the neighborhood level."
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Food Rescue US"Our local volunteers pick-up excess healthy food from local food donors and deliver it directly to local social service agencies that feed the food insecure."
Government Agencies
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USDA : Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)Eligibility tool, FAQ, and how to apply.
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USA.gov: Food AssistanceLearn how to get food for yourself and your family through SNAP (food stamps), D-SNAP, and WIC for women, infants, and children. Apply for school meals for your kids and supplemental food for seniors. Find out how food programs can provide emergency help during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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USDA: NutritionDescriptions and links to food assistance programs and organizations (SNAP, WIC and more)
Policy/Advocacy Organizations
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Food Research and Action Center (FRAC)Nonprofit organization working to eradicate poverty-related hunger and undernutrition in the United States. Provides research and data and promotes legislative action.
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National Black Farmers AssociationA non-profit organization representing African American farmers and their families in the United States. NBFA's education and advocacy efforts have been focused on civil rights, land retention, access to public and private loans, education and agricultural training, and rural economic development for black and other small farmers.
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Local Government Food Policy Database (Growing Food Connections)searchable collection of local public policies that explicitly support community food systems.
Data and Datasets
Global
Global Food Insecurity
Voices of Food Insecurity
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Voices of the HungryFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Intergovernmental Organizations
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United Nations: World Food ProgrammeUN WFP is a humanitarian organization, working on issues of hunger & famine around the world.
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Committee on World Food SecurityThe Committee on World Food Security (CFS) was established in 1974. An international and intergovernmental organization focused on food security and nutrition for all.
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Food and Agricultural Organization of the United NationsThe Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.
UN World Food Insecurity
Where is food produced?
Policy/Advocacy Organizations
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Stimson: Food Security ProgramNonprofit, nonpartisan global policy organization. The Food Security Program produces commentary, reports, policy memos and papers related to global issues of food insecurity.
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Inernational Food Policy Research InstituteThe International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.
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World Food Policy CenterA research/eduction/convening organization within Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy. Their mission is to advance connected and inclusive food system policy and practice in support of equity and resilience of local/national/global food systems.
BGSU Researchers
ScholarWorks Projects on Food Insecurity
Recently published peer-reviewed research articles
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