| Description |
351 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Contents -- prologue 11 -- introduction Hunger Amidst Plenty: A Problem as -- American as Apple Pie 13 -- Section I; THE PROBLEM -- chapter 1 Who is Hungry in America?: The Politics of -- Measuring Hunger 25 -- chapter 2 How Hunger Costs All of Us 45 -- chapter 3 Why Brother (and Sister) Still Can't Spare a Dime: -- A Short History of Domestic Hunger 53 -- chapter 4 The Tattered (But Still Existing) Federal Hunger Safety Net 83 -- chapter 5 Let them Eat Ramen Noodles: One Week Living on -- $28.30 of Food 99 -- chapter 6 Are Americans Hungry; Or Fat? 111 -- chapter 7 Dickens Revisited: Life in the New Gilded Age 127 -- chapter 8 Let them Eat Sound Bites: The Polarized -- Politics of Welfare Reform 157 -- chapter 9 The Poverty Trap: Why it is So Hard to Escape -- Poverty in America 175 -- chapter 10 The Charity Myth 191 -- chapter 11 How Media Ignores Hunger (Except During -- Holidays and Hurricanes) 217 -- Section II; THE SOLUTION -- chapter 12 Here It Is: The Plan to End Domestic Hunger 237 -- chapter 13 Bolstering Community Food Production and Marketing 257 -- chapter 14 A New War on Poverty 273 -- chapter 15 How All of Us (Including YOU) Can End Hunger -- in America 281 -- appendix a Hunger and Poverty-Fighting Resources 293 -- appendix b Revised Rules for Radical Centrists: Tips for Activists -- on How to Organize and Craft Messages for Successful -- Advocacy Campaigns 301 -- acknowledgments 313 -- notes 317 -- index 339 |
| Summary |
"Joel Berg has his eye on the growing number of people who are forced to wait in lines at food pantries across the nation - the modern breadline. All You Can Eat reveals that hunger - one in eight Americans today is food insecure - is a problem as American as apple pie, and that, more and more, America is becoming a country Where people not only have a hard time advancing, but often find themselves in quicksand, working inexhaustibly and still not meeting the expenses of everyday living." |
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"Berg takes to task politicians who remain inactive; the media, which ignores hunger except during holidays and hurricanes; the food industry, which makes fattening, artery-clogging fast food more accessible to the nation's poor than healthy fare; and ordinary citizens for thinking that food pantries alone can fix the problem. Finally, he challenges the new president to confront this most unthinkable result of US poverty, and offers a simple and affordable plan to end it for good - what better way to start making change in America? A spirited call to action, All You Can Eat shows how practical solutions for hungry Americans will ultimately benefit America's economy and all of its citizens."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Includes one folded col. plate |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-339) and index |
| Subject |
Food relief -- United States.
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Hunger -- Government policy -- United States.
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Hunger -- United States.
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Nutrition policy -- United States.
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Poor -- Nutrition -- United States.
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Poor -- United States.
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Poverty -- United States.
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Political culture -- United States.
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Public welfare -- United States.
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| LC no. |
2008040838 |
| ISBN |
1583228543 (paperback) |
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9781583228548 (paperback) |
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