Food poverty is increasingly generating child victims, whose only salvation comes from donations of emergency food provisions.
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A survey of food bank users found nearly 60% couldn't afford to adequately heat their homes.
Reducing food waste by feeding hungry Canadians is a simplistic solution that is deeply problematic and morally distressing.
British children left angry and bewildered by food poverty.
Food banks should not be "normal" and yet they are rapidly becoming an accepted substitute for welfare in the UK.
Two bills currently before the British parliament seek to reduce the 12 month ban on asylum seekers from working.
What have Gypsies ever done for the UK? There's metalwork, art, music, boxing, equine expertise, skilled labour ... food bank donations.
Getting into the Christmas spirit means buying stuff. But how much is too much?
New research shows high numbers of people in the UK are working multiple low-paid jobs.
I made a film about people using food banks in the hope that their voices will be heard far and wide.
The rising cost of energy and housing can leave little money to put nutritious food on the table.
Food is just food ... or is it?
Growing numbers of people are using food banks to feed themselves and their families. But many areas where residents face a high risk of food poverty are under-serviced.
Despite Australia being considered the 'lucky country', 15% of us still experience food insecurity. Meanwhile, 40% of edible food is thrown away before it even reaches the market.
Foodbanks were originally established as a temporary measure to alleviate food insecurity. But have they become an excuse for governments not to deal properly with the problem?
Changes to the benefits system delve into the pockets of the poor and will lead to more families and disabled people needing to use food banks.
Why are some of the most vulnerable families in Bradford missing out on food aid?
Recycling leftovers from supermarkets does not address the roots of food poverty and removes responsibility from the government.
The government says its reforms have supported people from all backgrounds. They have done nothing of the sort.
Food banks feed more than just society's vulnerable members.
Top contributors
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Lecturer of Social Policy, University of Salford
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Lecturer in Nutrition, King's College London
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PhD, Political Economy, Macquarie University
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Lecturer, William Angliss Institute
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Lecturer, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer in Marketing, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Food Policy, City, University of London
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Lecturer in Law, University of Birmingham
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Economic Geography, University of British Columbia
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Research fellow, University of Leeds
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Full Professor in Social Sciences, Bocconi University
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Professor of Food and Social Policy, University of Warwick
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Professor of Marketing, University of Birmingham
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Jay L. Zagorsky is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Lecturer, Questrom School of Business, Boston University
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Senior Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology
