"A place at the table" is a documentary film directed by Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush. This movie talks about the fact that millions of Americans go through hunger even though America is the richest country. Civilians were asked to share their struggles with hunger, most of these civillians were Rosie a fifth grader in Collbran Colorado, Barbie Izquierdo a single mom who lives in philadelphia and Tremonica a second grader. It also spoke about how the government has played a role in the issue of hunger in America.
Rosie a fifth grader in Colorado took us into her day to day life, her mother never recieved government assistance or food stamps so it was really hard to put food on the table. Most times Rosie would not be able to focus in school because she is always hungry and this decreases her educational ability. Rosie's teacher also spoke about the fact that she also went through food insecurity which is not knowing where your next meal is going to come from, so she volunteered to help by bringing food bags not only to Rosie's but people who were also going through the same situation. It also spoke about how different churches and charities try to do something to stop the hunger by providing meals for people.
Barbie a single mother who lost her job but always had to struggle with getting food on the table for her kids spoke about how through lack of nutrition her son Aiden developed medical problems, she also said that "people do not die of hunger in America like Africa but hunger might be next door and you never get to know because people are too ashamed to admit it". She joined the witness to hunger programme founded by Dr Mariana Chilton which helped to bring awareness to hunger by speaking out. Barbie later found a job but this time she stopped receiving food stamps because food stamp is eligible to people according to their income and her income was more than the minimum and it was like this time the hunger became worse because she had to do the buying of the groceries herself.
Tremonica a 2nd grader and asthma patient who also struggled with hunger was overweight because she did not get the right kind of food she needed. IT was said that the price of fresh food has gone up overtime while the relative price of processed food has gone down. So when people go to the store they get unhealthy food like chips than fruits because it is cheaper. Food desert was also spoken of, the situation where there is no access to fresh good food.
When the issue of hunger was raised to the government they most times acted like it was irrelevant and even when the Healthy, Hungry Free Food Act and The No Kid Hungry Campaign was implemented half of the bill was cut from food stamps and other food programmes which keeps coming back to one same thing hunger.
Rosie a fifth grader in Colorado took us into her day to day life, her mother never recieved government assistance or food stamps so it was really hard to put food on the table. Most times Rosie would not be able to focus in school because she is always hungry and this decreases her educational ability. Rosie's teacher also spoke about the fact that she also went through food insecurity which is not knowing where your next meal is going to come from, so she volunteered to help by bringing food bags not only to Rosie's but people who were also going through the same situation. It also spoke about how different churches and charities try to do something to stop the hunger by providing meals for people.
Barbie a single mother who lost her job but always had to struggle with getting food on the table for her kids spoke about how through lack of nutrition her son Aiden developed medical problems, she also said that "people do not die of hunger in America like Africa but hunger might be next door and you never get to know because people are too ashamed to admit it". She joined the witness to hunger programme founded by Dr Mariana Chilton which helped to bring awareness to hunger by speaking out. Barbie later found a job but this time she stopped receiving food stamps because food stamp is eligible to people according to their income and her income was more than the minimum and it was like this time the hunger became worse because she had to do the buying of the groceries herself.
Tremonica a 2nd grader and asthma patient who also struggled with hunger was overweight because she did not get the right kind of food she needed. IT was said that the price of fresh food has gone up overtime while the relative price of processed food has gone down. So when people go to the store they get unhealthy food like chips than fruits because it is cheaper. Food desert was also spoken of, the situation where there is no access to fresh good food.
When the issue of hunger was raised to the government they most times acted like it was irrelevant and even when the Healthy, Hungry Free Food Act and The No Kid Hungry Campaign was implemented half of the bill was cut from food stamps and other food programmes which keeps coming back to one same thing hunger.