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Page 1: Poverty and Food Insecurity. Poverty in Wisconsin

Poverty and Food Insecurity

Poverty and Food Insecurity

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Poverty in WisconsinPoverty in Wisconsin

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Food InsecurityFood Insecurity

• “Food insecurity is the limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe food to sustain an active, healthy life or a limited or uncertain ability to acquire food in socially acceptable ways.” (Second Harvest FoodBank of Southwestern WI)

• Food insecure households do not have certain access to food.

• Food insecure households report running out of food without having money to buy more, cutting back on the size of meals, or having to skip meals altogether. (UW-Extension, Report on Poverty and Food Insecurity in Wisconsin and Dane County.)

• “Food insecurity is the limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe food to sustain an active, healthy life or a limited or uncertain ability to acquire food in socially acceptable ways.” (Second Harvest FoodBank of Southwestern WI)

• Food insecure households do not have certain access to food.

• Food insecure households report running out of food without having money to buy more, cutting back on the size of meals, or having to skip meals altogether. (UW-Extension, Report on Poverty and Food Insecurity in Wisconsin and Dane County.)

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What populations are most vulnerable to food insecurity?

What populations are most vulnerable to food insecurity?

• Children

• Single-parent households

• Working poor

• People on fixed income - people with disabilities, seniors, etc

• Children

• Single-parent households

• Working poor

• People on fixed income - people with disabilities, seniors, etc

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Some federal programs have effectively

addressed poverty

Some federal programs have effectively

addressed poverty • Social Security

• Earned Income Tax Credit  

• Medicare, Medicaid

• FoodShare (formerly Food Stamps) – An effective tool during the Great Recession with recipients numbering 46 million (2012) up from 26.3 million in 2007.

• Social Security

• Earned Income Tax Credit  

• Medicare, Medicaid

• FoodShare (formerly Food Stamps) – An effective tool during the Great Recession with recipients numbering 46 million (2012) up from 26.3 million in 2007.

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How does FoodShare help alleviate poverty?How does FoodShare

help alleviate poverty?• Second Harvest of Southwestern WI estimates that 2

out of 3 seniors are not receiving eligible benefits for FoodShare.

• The minimum an eligible senior can receive is $16 per month.

• In Dane County, if all potentially eligible seniors received this minimum benefit it would contribute $80,000 to the local food economy.

• Considering the “multiplier effect” this amount is greater: It has been estimated that every FoodShare dollar spent contributes $3 to the economy.

• Second Harvest of Southwestern WI estimates that 2 out of 3 seniors are not receiving eligible benefits for FoodShare.

• The minimum an eligible senior can receive is $16 per month.

• In Dane County, if all potentially eligible seniors received this minimum benefit it would contribute $80,000 to the local food economy.

• Considering the “multiplier effect” this amount is greater: It has been estimated that every FoodShare dollar spent contributes $3 to the economy.

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Other factors that effect access to food

Other factors that effect access to food

• Fixed income, increasing food costs

• No local grocery, farmers market, garden space

• Limited food bank hours, selection

• Lack of reliable transportation

• Health limitations, dietary concerns

• Social isolation, lack of common cultural connection

• Fixed income, increasing food costs

• No local grocery, farmers market, garden space

• Limited food bank hours, selection

• Lack of reliable transportation

• Health limitations, dietary concerns

• Social isolation, lack of common cultural connection

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Fixed Income

Transportation

Health NeedsSocial

IsolationCulture

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Connecting CommunityConnecting Community

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Other Mutual Aid Networks

that address food insecurity

Other Mutual Aid Networks

that address food insecurity

• Fair Trade Neighborhood Project - Bringing together producers and consumers through relocalizing our food/farm economy (Reedsburg/La Valle)

• Oneida Tsyunhekwa Project - restoring access to traditional culturally appropriate foods (Oneida/Green Bay)

• Dane County TimeBank Garden Project - Neighbors helping neighbors to build gardens and plant.

• Fair Trade Neighborhood Project - Bringing together producers and consumers through relocalizing our food/farm economy (Reedsburg/La Valle)

• Oneida Tsyunhekwa Project - restoring access to traditional culturally appropriate foods (Oneida/Green Bay)

• Dane County TimeBank Garden Project - Neighbors helping neighbors to build gardens and plant.

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What does food security look like in your

community?

What does food security look like in your

community?