Episode 76: Rich People Can Be Food Insecure
About the Podcast
Food security means that people have enough nourishing food to live a healthy, active lifestyle. Food insecurity is often a symptom of poverty, but it doesn’t mean people suffering from it are poor. In this 11-minute “Candid Clancy” episode, Clancy will blow your mind with this new paradigm.
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
- Food security means that people have enough nourishing food to live a healthy, active lifestyle.
- Food insecurity is a symptom of poverty, but it doesn’t mean people suffering from it have to be living within poverty.
- Food insecurity can look like:
- A widow who might have money, but she suffers from a disability that doesn’t allow her to drive. She might live alone and without easy access to a grocery store. Either she will have to rely on a caretaker or pick through the dregs of their freezer in hopes of filling their tummy.
- Someone might suffer from physical disability, like arthritis, that makes cutting fresh produce in a timely manner a challenge.
- A working student might not be able to easily make it to the grocery store. To save time, they may rely on premade meals from grocery stores or fast-food options.
- Someone who might not qualify for food assistance lives thirty minutes from a grocery store with a limited selection of healthful food.
#1 tip to improve access to healthy food
- We must change our perception of what food insecurity looks like, so we can reduce stigma and work together to fight it. You do not have to be poor to be food insecure. Switching your mindset as a food or hunger professional from the poverty-based mindset will help us normalize healthy food access 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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