Episode 116: Food Insecurity and Poverty Are Not the Same
About the Podcast
In this 6-minute “Candid Clancy” episode, we hear the difference between food and nutritional insecurity and poverty.
About Clancy Harrison
As a registered dietitian, TEDx speaker, international speaker, and author, Clancy Harrison challenges the way food insecurity is approached in the US. Her mission to demolish the stigma around healthy food access places her on the cutting edge of advocacy.
Clancy is the founder of the Food Dignity® Project, a strategic program for leaders who want to shift how they approach nutrition outreach by making healthy food access a priority. She transforms the lives of thousands of people through her work with corporations, non-profit organizations, and universities.
Currently, Clancy is an advisory board member for the Pennsylvania American Academy of Pediatrics Food Insecurity EPIC program, Ambassador of the National Dairy Council, and the President of the Al Beech West Side Food Pantry. Since the onset of COVID-19 Clancy has distributed nearly 1 million meals in her community to improve access to healthy food through effective collaborations.
Discussion Takeaways
- People can be in poverty and have nourishing foods because the United States provides a lot of food access resources like free and reduced school meals and breakfast program, food pantries, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in other locations, and other assistance.
- Often the programs listed above have nutrition guidelines they need to follow which ensure a well-balanced meal for recipients.
- Food assistance programs aren’t charity. It’s an investment in people.
- People can make too much money for government support. That means they might not have enough food.
#1 tip to improve access to healthy food
- Poverty doesn’t mean you are food insecure.
Each week on the Food Dignity® Podcast, the Food Dignity® Movement's Clancy Harrison hosts a wide variety of hunger experts and other people making changes on the frontlines. Join us as we dive deep into conversations that will change the way you think about food insecurity.
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