A Place At The Table: The Crisis Of 49 Million Hungry Americans And How To Solve It

Fortynine million people including one in four children go hungry in the U.S. every day, despite our having the means to provide nutritious, affordable food for all. Inspired by the acclaimed documentary A Place at the Table, this companion book offers powerful insights from those at the front lines of solving hunger in America, including:Jeff Bridges, Academy Awardwinning actor, cofounder of the End Hunger Network, and spokesperson for the No Kid Hungry Campaign, on raising awareness about hungerKen Cook, president of Environmental Working Group, unravels the inequities in the Farm Bill and shows how they affect America's hunger crisisMarion Nestle, nutritionist and acclaimed critic of the food industry, whose latest work tracks the explosion of calories in today's 'Eat More' environmentBill Shore, Joel Berg, and Robert Egger, widelypublished antihunger activists, suggest bold and diverse strategies for solving the crisisJanet Poppendieck, sociologist, bestselling author, and wellknown historian of poverty and hunger in America, argues the case for school lunch reformJennifer Harris, of Yale University's Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, uncovers the new hidden persuaders of web food advertisersDavid Beckmann, head of Bread for the World, and Sarah Newman, researcher on A Place at the Table, explore the intersection of faith and feeding the hungryMariana Chilton, director of Drexel University's Center for HungerFree Communities, discusses the health impacts of hunger and the groundbreaking Witnesses to Hunger projectTom Colicchio, chef and executive producer of television's Top Chef, presents his downtoearth case to Washington for increases in child nutrition programsAndy Fisher, veteran activist in community food projects, argues persuasively why we have to move beyond the charitybased emergency feeding programKelly Meyer, cofounder of Teaching Gardens, illuminates the path to educating, and providing healthy food for, all childrenKristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush, the film's directors/producers, tell their personal stories of how and why they came to make the documentaryHunger and food insecurity pose a deep threat to our nation. A Place at the Table shows they can be solved once and for all, if the American public decides as they have in the past that making healthy food available, and affordable, is in the best interest of us all.