Helpful Resources to Investigate the Issue of Hunger and Prepare for Participation in "Art Action" and Other Related Projects
Many investigation and preparation resources are listed below. Please add any new resources and ideas that you and your students discover/create to our "Art Action" Blog. (Much of the information listed below was provided by the Mid-Ohio Foodbank.
Hunger is involuntary hunger that results from not being able to afford enough food. People are not counted as "hungry" for these statistics if they were hungry only because they were dieting to lose weight, fasting for religious reasons, or were just too busy to eat. ActivitiesPoverty Simulation
Coming soon. One in Five . . . A Hunger Awareness Activity How does it feel to be the one in five who is food insecure? Download activity. Questions • What does it mean to choose between food and utilities/heat or food and rent/mortgage? • What is a household budget? What percentages of family income should go toward each necessity? Questions• In any given week, 207,700 Ohioans receive emergency food assistance – 50% of Ohioans served must choose between paying for food and utilities/heat while 1/3 must choose between food and paying rent or mortgage. What does it mean to choose between food and utilities/heat or food and rent/mortgage? What is a household budget? What percentages of family income should go toward each necessity?
• More than 1 in 4 Ohio families with children report not having enough money to buy food at times in 2011. How does suburban living look different today than it did in the 1990’s? Where are food pantries in your area? Make a map of food pantry locations within 10 miles of your school. Did you know about these food pantries before you made the map? • Food pantries open where there is need. What does this tell you about hunger in your area? Agencies/Speakers/Field Trips• Mid-Ohio Foodbank
• Westerville Area Resource Ministry (WARM) • Children's Hunger Alliance • Local food pantries WebsitesMid-Ohio Foodbank
Feeding America No Kid Hungry Local Matters Ohio Association of Foodbanks The Ohio Benefit Bank United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service – Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) United States Department of Agriculture Choose My Plate Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Food Research and Action Center World Food Program USA Congressional Hunger Center Children’s Hunger Alliance The Ad Council |
Food insecurity is limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods or limited or uncertain ability to acquire acceptable foods in socially acceptable ways. VideosThere are a number of videos that can be helpful during the investigation and preparation phase when studying the issue of hunger.
UsX8 This video was part of a Mid-Ohio Foodbank 2009 campaign. Because Mid-Ohio buys food in bulk and receives community donations by the truckload, any money you donate to them is eight times more valuable in our hands. So skip a latte every once in a while and make a donation to the USx8 campaign. Because that $5 is really worth $40 to us. And $40 will feed an Ohio family of four for a day. Think about it. Hunger Hits Home
This is a one-hour special that takes a first-hand look at the crisis of childhood hunger in America through the eyes of the parents, children, activists, educators and politicians on the front-lines of the battle. Presented by Food Network and Share Our Strength's "No Kid Hungry Campaign." http://www.foodnetwork.com/hungry.View full video. The Line In 2003, Scott Pelley (60 Minutes II) reported from food lines in Ohio and found many were the working poor who found it ever more difficult to make ends meet. View video. America Now: Friends and Neighbors In 2010, NBC's Ann Curry traveled to Ohio to take a personal look inside the lives of families who have lost jobs, homes and dreams. View video. Hard Times Generation: Homeless Kids For some children, socializing and learning are being cruelly complicated by homelessness, as Scott Pelley reports from Florida, where school buses now stop at motels for children who've lost their homes. View video. Hard Times Generation: Families Living in Cars Scott Pelley brings "60 Minutes" cameras back to central Florida to document another form of family homelessness: kids and their parents forced to live in cars. View video. Lily, Her Kid, and No Kid Hungry An animated film portrayal of the No Kid Hungry Campaign and its effects on a family. View video. |
Facts about the State of Hunger in Ohio• In 2012, the United States experienced an 8.6% unemployment rate. Ohio’s unemployment
rate was 7.2%. • In any given week, 207,700 Ohioans receive emergency food assistance – 50% of Ohioans served must choose between paying for food and utilities/heat while 1/3 must choose between food and paying rent or mortgage. • About 1.7 million Ohioans receive federal food assistance while 1,714,176 Ohio students accessed free or reduced-price school lunches in 2012. • More than 1 in 4 Ohio families with children report not having enough money to buy food at times in 2011. • Ohio ranks 20th in the nation for food hardship, with 26% reporting difficulty. Ohio is home to seven of the 100 most troubled metropolitan areas. Facts about Mid-Ohio Foodbank• Mid-Ohio Foodbank distributes more than 48,000,000 pounds of food and grocery products each year – enough to provide more than 107,000 meals each day.
• In Mid-Ohio Foodbank’s network of food pantries, 35% of all requests for food are for children and 15% are for seniors. Requests for food at member pantries have risen about 40% since 2006. • Mid-Ohio Foodbank distributes food to more than 550 food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, after-school programs and senior housing sites in 20 central and eastern Ohio counties. More than 300 of these agencies are located in Franklin County alone. • Fresh produce makes up nearly 36% of Mid-Ohio Foodbank’s distribution. In 2012 alone, the Foodbank distributed about 17.5 million pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables. With other products such as bread, dairy and meat included, fresh foods account for 52% of distribution. • In 2012, Kroger Community Pantry at Mid-Ohio Foodbank responded to more than 12,500 requests for assistance, serving more than 4,700 families. More than 1.4 million pounds of food and grocery products were distributed through the Pantry. • In the past year, 13,500 volunteers generously contributed about 64,000 hours of their time at the Foodbank. • Every $1 donated to Mid-Ohio Foodbank allows for the distribution of $8 worth of groceries or 4 meals. PhotosWhat the World Eats, Part 1
What's on family dinner tables around the globe? Photographs by Peter Menzel from the book "Hungry Planet." View photos. |