Food Insecurity (General Facts)
Food insecure people are unlikely to be obese. (T/F)
These regional resources help with food insecurity (name one).
What is Food Bank CNY/Brady Market/Samaritan Center/Hendricks Pantry/Beth's Bounty?
This ESF program collects donated food pantry items and other supplies to distribute amongst the student body, helping to combat food insecurity on campus.
What is Beth’s Bounty at SUNY ESF?
This is the number of people who still live in extreme poverty.
What is 736 milllion?
The percentage of college students nationally who are food insecure.
What is 48%?
These organizations provide opportunities to get involved in fighting food insecurity in Syracuse (name one).
What is Food Not Bombs/Meals on Wheels/IFC?
This Syracuse University Food Pantry, which in 2023 benefited between 200-250 students a week, provides food and personal hygiene items to university students.
What is the Hendricks Chapel Food Pantry at Syracuse University?
This is the number of people living in multidimensional poverty.
What is 1.3 billion?
The number (in millions) of people in the US suffering from hunger.
What is 44 million?
This term refers to how food insecurity systemically and disproportionately affects black communities.
What is food apartheid?
Founded by Syracuse University students, this initiative repurposes unused campus food to provide meals for local residents facing food insecurity.
What is the Food Recovery Network at Syracuse University?
This is the ratio representing adult obesity in America.
What is more than 1 in 8?
The country most affected by hunger and malnutrition (according to the 2023 Global Hunger Index).
What is the Central African Republic?
The number of people who are insecure in Onondaga County.
What is ~46,220 (out of the ~470,000 total population)?
This national program partners with dining halls throughout the country to allow students to donate unused meal swipes to peers experiencing food insecurity.
What is Swipe Out Hunger?
This is the amount of people who currently have no basic health care.
What is >400 million (& 40% lack social protection)?