Episode 135: With Inflation Driving Up Food Prices…
About the Podcast
In this 6-minute “Candid Clancy”, we’re talking everyone’s favorite topic, skyrocketing grocery store prices. Now, see how this rise in food cost can change our perspective on food security.
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
- If you listen to all the people in the grocery store, people are talking about the skyrocketing prices.
- Marginal food security means that you are struggling with your food budget but not chronically hungry. You’re making trade-offs because of the prices of the things
- Purchasing cheaper store brands over more costly brand name products.
- Deciding to purchase affordable processed white bread over a whole grain option
- Couponing
- Adventuring to cheaper grocery stores
- Using smart phone apps to reduce food waste
- Choosing cheaper canned and frozen over fresh produce
#1 tip to improve access to healthy food
- Can we start normalizing steady food access for everyone WITHOUT stigmatizing those who are chronically hungry? Equal access to food decreases stigma, increase networking, collaboration, and community support for all.
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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