Food Security Information from Kadi Row

Food Security:
Access by all people at all times to enough food for an active healthy life.

Food Security Outcome for WNEP:
Individuals will be able to acquire sufficient food to feed themselves and their families;
and communities will ensure that all people at all times have physical and economic access
to sufficient acceptable food to meet their dietary needs for a productive and healthy life.

Resources related to food security.

County Food Security Profiles
Poverty Simulation
Food Security Updates (PDF*)
- May 2004 - Food stamp participation and access
- August 2003 - Obesity and Food Insecurity - Is There a Relationship?
- March 2003 - Older Adults: Food Security and Food Stamp Participation
- January 2003 - Grocery store access: a link to good health and food security
- July 2002 - School Breakfast Program in Wisconsin; Seniors and the Food Stamp Program; Consequence of Hunger and Food Insecurity in Children
- February 2002 - Summaries of some recent studies documenting that more people are seeking help to meet food needs
Summer Meals Promotion Guide from USDA, 2005
Wisconsin Food Security Survey in the WIC Population
Food Security Research Summary: February 2005 (PDF*) - Summary of national and state research related to food security
Food Pantry Client Survey (PDF*) - A summary of findings from the food pantry client survey developed by Judi Bartfeld and conducted in 27 Wisconsin counties in 1999
Could You Survive? One Month in the State of Poverty (PDF*)
Still Hungry: Survey of Users of the Dane County Food Pantry Network (PDF*)
Hunger and Food Insecurity in the Fifty States: 1998-2000 (PDF*)
Safe Food for the Hungry
Safe Aid: A Food Safety Training Program for Food Banks
Hunger Close to Home (Wisconsin Families - Issues and Demographics)

Web links you may find useful:

Wisconsin Connections - http://www.uwex.edu/ces/connections/
ERS/USDA Briefing Room - http://www.ers.usda.gov/briefing/foodsecurity/
USDA Community Food Security Initiative - http://www.reeusda.gov/food_security/foodshp.htm
The National Nutrition Safety Net - http://www.fns.usda.gov/fsec/FILES/SafetyNet2003.pdf
Food and Nutrition Information Center - http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/etext/000061.html
Food Research and Action Center - http://www.frac.org/
America's Second Harvest - http://www.secondharvest.org/
Hunger Task Force of Milwaukee - http://www.hungertaskforce.org/
Center on Hunger and Poverty - http://www.centeronhunger.org/
SHARE - http://www.sharewi.org/
Community Food Security Coalition - http://www.foodsecurity.org/
World Hunger - http://www.brown.edu/Departments/World_Hunger_Program/
Share Our Strength - http://www.strength.org/
USDA Food and Nutrition Service - http://www.fns.usda.gov/fns/
Good Samaritan Law - http://www.usda.gov/news/pubs/gleaning/appc.htm
Poverty Guidelines - http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/poverty/04poverty.shtml
State (WI) Health Statistics - http://www.dhfs.state.wi.us/stats/
2000 Census Data Profiles - http://www.wisstat.wisc.edu/
Community Food Security Assesment Toolkit (USDA) - http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/efan02013/efan02013.pdf

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