Confronting Hunger in the USA

Food insecurity in the US is not caused by an inability to produce enough food, but is instead a manifestation of agricultural policies that support the overproduction of commodity crops, and social policies that lower the amount of benefits dispersed to those in need. This book focuses on how four different food-based community programs address both the physical sensation of hunger as well as the political and economic disempowerment that work against the ability of food insecure people to mobilize as a political force. The book argues that food programs do more to create community among their volunteers than among program participants, reinforcing neoliberal understandings of citizenship