Food insecurity on the college campus

Mark Lapping

doi:10.5304/jafscd.2022.112.005

Abstract

It is often said that one’s college years are “the best years of your life.” For a growing number of students facing food insecurity, these years may be anything but. These two very different books provide useful counterpoints on campus food insecurity, a growing phenomenon only made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic. Henry’s volume uses an ethnographic approach of interviewing over 90 students who use the food pantry at her university, the University of North Texas, Denton. Broton and Cady focus on essays and case studies of what a number of institutions are doing to address the issue of campus food insecurity. Together they provide both a balanced treatment of the subject and some remarkably interesting insights and strategies that other college communities can utilize. . . .

Highlights

I t is often said that one’s college years are “the best years of your life.” For a growing number of students facing food insecurity, these years may be anything but
These two very different books provide useful counterpoints on campus food insecurity, a growing phenomenon only made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic
Broton and Cady focus on essays and case studies of what a number of institutions are doing to address the issue of campus food insecurity

Summary

Introduction

I t is often said that one’s college years are “the best years of your life.” For a growing number of students facing food insecurity, these years may be anything but. Reviews of: Experiences of Hunger and Food Insecurity in College, by Lisa Henry. These two very different books provide useful counterpoints on campus food insecurity, a growing phenomenon only made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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