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The Stories We Tell About Hunger

Amanda Nickey (left) is the President and CEO of Mother Hubbard's Cupboard (The Hub), and Stephanie Solomon (right) is the former Director of Education and Advocacy at The Hub.
Amanda Nickey (left) is the President and CEO of Mother Hubbard's Cupboard (The Hub), and Stephanie Solomon (right) is the former Director of Education and Advocacy at The Hub.

In today's show we revisit conversations about what it means to challenge the dominant narratives around hunger in the United States, and why some emergency food providers are looking at root causes of food insecurity as they face growing numbers of people seeking food assistance.

Amanda Nickey and Stephanie Solomon of  Mother Hubbard's Cupboard, a Community Food Resource Center in Bloomington Indiana join us in the studio.

In our conversations, we're looking at food insecurity and how the narratives surrounding poverty can distort the lived experiences of people in our community.

We examine the role isolation plays in food insecurity, and we talk about what it can mean for food providers to move from  a charity model to a model of social justice.

Amanda Nickey and Stephanie Solomon are our guests, from  Mother Hubbard's Cupboard, a community food resource center in Bloomington, Indiana.

Note: These conversations first aired in January and early Feburary of 2018. 

 

Kayte Young discovered her passion for growing, cooking, foraging and preserving fresh food when she moved to Bloomington in 2007. With a background in construction, architecture, nutrition education and writing, she brings curiosity and a love of storytelling to a show about all things edible. Kayte raises bees, a small family and a yard full of food in Bloomington’s McDoel Gardens neighborhood.