Episode 57: Addressing Hidden Hunger Now and In the Future
About the Podcast
Sarah Reinhardt is a Senior Analyst for food systems and health in the Food and Environment Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. She stresses that health professionals should reduce their need to offer advice and answers when curiosity and good questions are way more powerful.
About Sarah Reinhardt
Sarah Reinhardt is a senior analyst for food systems and health in the Food & Environment program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. In her role, she applies nutrition science and public health research methods to develop policy positions in support of a more healthful, sustainable, and equitable food system. Her research in recent years has focused on sustainable diets and the importance of incorporating sustainable dietary recommendations into federal dietary guidelines.
Discussion Takeaways
- The people who grow and serve our food cannot afford to feed themselves.
- Layers of privilege make food injustice invisible.
- System thinking allows us to consider all contributors to a problem, like social, racial, economic, and physical injustice.
- Just because something is desirable to you, doesn’t mean it is wanted by your patient or client.
- We must include the people we serve in the dialogue from the beginning.
- There is power in admitting you are wrong.
- There is potential in being wrong, and that’s not a weakness. From our mistakes, we can learn to ask better questions to find the best, community-driven solutions.
- Nobody asks for hunger.
#1 tip to improve access to healthy food
There are different ways to fight hunger. We can address the hunger that is happening here and now. We can also fight future hunger through addressing the systematic issues that might be keeping people within poverty.
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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