Food Banking and Food Insecurity in High-Income Countries
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ORIGINAL PAPER
Food Banking and Food Insecurity in High-Income Countries Laurie Mook1 • Alex Murdock2 • Craig Gundersen3
International Society for Third-Sector Research 2020
Abstract Food banks are a particular type of voluntary sector organization that bridges the government sector, private sector, and civil society. This special issue of Voluntas adds to the stream of research on the role of food banks in addressing food insecurity in high-income countries. We begin by outlining the concept of food insecurity and a number of direct responses to alleviating food insecurity at the household and individual level by governments and the voluntary sector. We then look at the potential and limitations of food banks in addressing food insecurity in high-income countries, distinguishing between anti-hunger research and research framed as addressing community food security. Based on the set of seven papers included in this special issue, we call for further research that bridges both these approaches.
Keywords Food banks Food pantries Food insecurity Food security Multisectoral action
& Laurie Mook [email protected]
Introduction Food banks are a particular type of voluntary sector organization that bridges the government sector, private sector, and civil society. This special issue of Voluntas adds to the stream of research on the role of food banks in addressing food insecurity in high-income countries. The settings for this research are Canada, the Netherlands, the UK, and the USA. We argue that it is important to explore the relationship between food banks and food insecurity to better understand the role and impact of this type of voluntary sector response in addressing social ills in high-income countries. We begin by outlining the concept of food insecurity and a number of direct responses to alleviating food insecurity at the household and individual level by governments and the voluntary sector. We then look at the potential and limitations of food banks in addressing food insecurity in high-income countries, distinguishing between anti-hunger research and research framed as addressing community food security. Based on the set of seven papers included in this special issue, we call for further empirical research that bridges both these approaches while creating new opportunities for theoretical insights.
Alex Murdock [email protected] Craig Gundersen [email protected]
Food Insecurity
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Arizona State University, 411 N Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85282, USA
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London South Bank University, 103 Borough Road, London SE1 0AA, UK
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University of Illinois, 324 Mumford Hall, 1301 West Gregory Dr., Urbana, IL 61801-3605, USA
The degree to which a person does not have access to sufficient quantity or quality of food can be measured on a continuum of mild to severe food insecurity. This continuum ranges from ‘‘worrying about how to procure food; compromising on quality and variety; reducing quantities; skipping meals to experiencing hunger’’ (Ballard et al.
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2013, 6). Food insecur
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