{"product_id":"a-place-at-the-table-isbn-9781610391818","title":"A Place at the Table","description":"Forty-nine million people -- including one in four children -- go hungry in the U.S. every day, despite our having the means to provide nutritious, affordable food for all. Inspired by the acclaimed documentary \u003ci\u003eA Place at the Table\u003c\/i\u003e, this companion book offers powerful insights from those at the front lines of solving hunger in America, including:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeff Bridges\u003c\/b\u003e, Academy Award-winning actor, cofounder of the End Hunger Network, and spokesperson for the No Kid Hungry Campaign, on raising awareness about hunger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKen Cook\u003c\/b\u003e, president of Environmental Working Group, unravels the inequities in the Farm Bill and shows how they affect America's hunger crisis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarion Nestle\u003c\/b\u003e, nutritionist and acclaimed critic of the food industry, whose latest work tracks the explosion of calories in today's \"Eat More\" environment\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBill Shore, Joel Berg, and Robert Egger\u003c\/b\u003e, widely-published anti-hunger activists, suggest bold and diverse strategies for solving the crisis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJanet Poppendieck\u003c\/b\u003e, sociologist, bestselling author, and well-known historian of poverty and hunger in America, argues the case for school lunch reform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Harris\u003c\/b\u003e, of Yale University's Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, uncovers the new hidden persuaders of web food advertisers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Beckmann\u003c\/b\u003e, head of Bread for the World, and \u003cb\u003eSarah Newman\u003c\/b\u003e, researcher on \u003ci\u003eA Place at the Table\u003c\/i\u003e, explore the intersection of faith and feeding the hungry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMariana Chilton\u003c\/b\u003e, director of Drexel University's Center for Hunger-Free Communities, discusses the health impacts of hunger and the groundbreaking Witnesses to Hunger project\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Colicchio\u003c\/b\u003e, chef and executive producer of television's \u003ci\u003eTop Chef\u003c\/i\u003e, presents his down-to-earth case to Washington for increases in child nutrition programs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndy Fisher\u003c\/b\u003e, veteran activist in community food projects, argues persuasively why we have to move beyond the charity-based emergency feeding program\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKelly Meyer\u003c\/b\u003e, cofounder of Teaching Gardens, illuminates the path to educating, and providing healthy food for, all children\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush\u003c\/b\u003e, the film's directors\/producers, tell their personal stories of how and why they came to make the documentary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Hunger and food insecurity pose a deep threat to our nation. \u003ci\u003eA Place at the Table\u003c\/i\u003e shows they can be solved once and for all, if the American public decides -- as they have in the past -- that making healthy food available, and affordable, is in the best interest of us all.","brand":"PublicAffairs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44896015253733,"sku":"NP9781610391818","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/6f5504ed-56a5-4261-84a8-ab03003e8784.jpg?v=1767815759","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-place-at-the-table-isbn-9781610391818","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}