Videos
(2021) Teens & adults
(2021) Teens & adults
(2022) Teens & adults
All ages
“Best by” “Sell by” Expiration date? What does it all mean?
All ages
All ages
All ages
Explaining food insecurity to youth
Explaining food insecurity to younger children
All ages
Children's Books
Maddie’s Fridge Book by Lois Brandt
Sofia learns that Maddi's family doesn't have enough money to fill their fridge and promises Maddi she'll keep this discovery a secret. But because Sofia wants to help her friend, she's faced with a difficult decision: to keep her promise or tell her parents about Maddi's empty fridge.
Teacher’s Guide
Lulu & the Hunger Monster Book by Erik Talkin
When Lulu's mother's van breaks down, money for food becomes tight and the Hunger Monster comes into their lives. Only visible to Lulu, Hunger Monster is a troublemaker who makes it hard for her to concentrate in school.
Companion Video
One Hen Book by Katie Smith Milway
Inspired by true events, One Hen tells the story of Kojo, a boy from Ghana who turns a small loan into a thriving farm and a livelihood for many. After his father died, Kojo had to quit school to help his mother collect firewood to sell at the market.
One Green Apple Book by Eve Bunting
One Green Apple is a children's book about a young girl who is new to a country and goes to a new school but she is very shy. She feels like the outcast in her new school but after a field trip to apple picking she makes friends and gets rid of her shyness.
Poverty and Hunger Book by Louise Spilsbury & Hanane Kai
Poverty and Hunger discusses the questions "What is poverty and hunger? How do they affect people in countries all over the world?" It helps children begin to understand the way others struggle with these issues and learn about ways they can help
Activities for Families, Children and Classrooms
Adult Books
Barons: money, power, and the corruption of America's food industry by Austin Frerick
The end of food by Paul Roberts
Frostbite : how refrigeration changed our food, our planet, and ourselves by Nicola Twilley
How the other half eats : the untold story of food and inequality in America by Priya Fielding-Singh
How to feed the world ed. Jessica Eise & Kenneth Foster
The meth lunches : food and longing in an American city by Kim Foster
The new breadline: hunger and hope in the twenty-first century by Jean Martin Bauer
Regenesis : feeding the world without devouring the planet by George Monbiot
Reinventing food banks and pantries : new tools to end hunger by Katie Martin
The reproach of hunger : food, justice, and money in the twenty-first century by David Rieff
Ruin their crops on the ground : the politics of food in the United States, from the Trail of Tears to school lunch by Andrea Freeman
The Stop : how the fight for good food transformed a community and inspired a movement by Andrea Curtis
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