This volume is concerned with food poverty and action on food (in)security. The context is a
global one as the developed world faces a problem with overconsumption and chronic diseases
the developing world is addressing the double burden of hunger and over consumption. Even in
the developed world nation states are facing the rise of modern malnutrition which is over
consumption but also the re-emergence of hunger as there are growing levels of poverty and
inequality due to the financial crises. Food insecurity is in many people's minds associated
with hunger and while this is true the modern food system has introduced new complexities to
food insecurity with the growth of micro-nutrient inequalities. Hunger and obesity are not
being faced by two different groups but often the same group or cohort. These are features of
modern malnutrition that are often not recognized. A critical examination of food poverty and
food security is undertaken with a view to clarifying taken-for-granted assumptions in present
discourses. The book addresses food charity and the rise of solutions such as foodbanks as
appropriate social responses. The final chapters explore the solutions from real life
situations. The concluding chapter from the editors draws together the issues and locates
solutions within a food policy framework of the total food system. The various definitions of
food insecurity will are examined. Hunger and its modern manifestations (hunger and obesity) is
another focus with particular explorations of developed and developing countries experiences.
Some of the chapters cover how food poverty insecurity is being addressed and provide examples
of work in progress.
