Missouri Hunger Atlas
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The Missouri Hunger Atlas provides visual images detailing food indicators in the counties in Missouri. It includes county profiles, background information, maps, and comparisons.
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Item Missouri Hunger Atlas 2016(University of Missouri, MU Interdisciplinary Center for Food Security, 2016) Cafer, Anne; Chapman, Darren; Freeman, Kathlee; Rikoon, SandyThis atlas assesses the extent of food insecurity in the state of Missouri. It also gauges how well public programs are doing in meeting the needs of those of our fellow citizens who have difficulty acquiring sufficient amounts and qualities of food. The concept of food security, as the Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program within the United States Department of Agriculture defines it, refers to “access by all people at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life. Food insecurity in this country is normally due to insufficient resources for food purchases, and the majority of food insecure households avoid hunger by relying on a more narrow range of foods or acquiring food through private and public assistance programs.Item St. Louis Metro Hunger Atlas 2010(University of Missouri, Interdisciplinary Center for Food Security, 2010) Cafer, Anne; Dawdy, Jordan R.; Foulkes, Matt; Heflin, Colleen; Hermsen, Joan; Kaiser, Michelle Lee; Lucht, Jill; Raedeke, Nikki; Rikoon, Sandy; Scott, JessicaFood insecurity is on the rise in the U.S. While 11.1% of households were food insecure in 2007, just one year later that number jumped to 14.6% (Andrews and Nord, 2009). Many food insecure households seek assistance from food pantries. An estimated 4.1 million households accessed emergency food from a food pantry at least once in 2008, an increase from the previous year. This brief assesses the extent of food insecurity and food uncertainty in the Missouri counties of the St. Louis metropolitan area. It alsobegins to gauge how well public programs are doing in meeting the needs of those of our fellow citizens who have difficulty acquiring sufficient amounts and qualities of food. The concept of food security, as defined by the Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program within the United States Department of Agriculture, is access by all people at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life.Item Kansas City Metro Hunger Atlas 2010(University of Missouri, Interdisciplinary Center for Food Security, 2010) Lucht, Jill; Dawdy, Jordan R.; Heflin, Colleen; Rikoon, Sandy; Foulkes, Matt; Hermsen, Joan; Raedeke, NikkiFood insecurity is on the rise in the U.S. While 11.1% of households were food insecure in 2007, just one year later, in 2008, that number jumped to 14.6% (Andrews and Nord, 2009). And the increase includes types of households that typically have less food vulnerability, including households with children. Many food insecure households seek assistance from food pantries. An estimated 4.1 million households accessed emergency food from a food pantry at leastonce in 2008, an increase from the previous year. This brief assesses the extent of food insecurity and food uncertainty in the Missouri counties of the Kansas City metropolitan area. It also begins to gauge how well public programs are doing in meeting the needs of those of our fellow citizens who have difficulty acquiring sufficient amounts and qualities of food. The concept of food security, as the Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program within the United States Department of Agriculture defines it, refers to access by all people at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life.Item Missouri Hunger Atlas 2008(University of Missouri, Interdisciplinary Center for Food Security, 2008) Foulkes, Matt; Hermsen, Joan; Raedeke, Nikki; Rikoon, SandyThis atlas assesses the extent of food insecurity in the state of Missouri for 2005. It also begins to gauge how well public programs are doing in meeting the needs of those of our fellow citizens who have difficulty acquiring sufficient amounts and qualities of food. The concept of food security, as the Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program within the United States Department of Agriculture defines it,refers to “access by all people at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life. Food insecurity in this country is normally due to insufficient resources for food purchases, and the majority of food insecure households avoid hunger by relying on a more narrow range of foods or acquiring food through private and public assistance programs.Item Missouri Hunger Atlas 2010(University of Missouri, Interdisciplinary Center for Food Security, 2010) Dawdy, Jordan R.; Foulkes, Matt; Heflin, Colleen; Hermsen, Joan; Lucht, Jill; Raedeke, Nikki; Rikoon, SandyAccording to the US Department of Agriculture, 15.8 percent of Missouri's nearly six million residents were food insecure in 2008. This suggests that 934,034 residents faced uncertainty in acquiring sufficient food for their household. Further, the USDA estimates that 5.8 percent of the population, or roughly 344,000 Missourians, had very low food security (formerly food insecure with hunger) in 2008, suggesting they experienced hunger. Trends in food insecurity and hunger are not positive ones for our state, as current averages for both measures have continuously increased over the first decade of this century. Public spending on hunger programs (e.g., SNAP/Food Stamps) totaled more than 1.4 billion dollars in 2008. The Missouri Hunger Atlas 2010is a collaborative effort of University of Missouri faculty to document, at the county-level, the breadth and extent of hunger need, and the performance of public and private programs in meeting that need.