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Food Security, Food Choices, Food Budget and Households Sustainability

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Food".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2021) | Viewed by 2063

Special Issue Editor

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Margaret Lombe

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School of Social Work, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, United States
Interests: global social welfare; poverty; social inclusion/exclusion; traditionally marginalized groups; food security and nutrition assessment

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite manuscripts on the subject of food security. Specifically, we are interested in research addressing factors associated with Food in/security at the household and child levels; food choices, food budget and household sustainability. Manuscripts focusing on the effects of policy initiatives to mitigate food in/security, and the role of race and ethnicity in explaining food in/security, are welcome. We also accept the submission of manuscripts that cover theory, empirical research, and policy analyses. Submissions can also include conceptual articles, systematic reviews of seminal literature and assessment of interventions.

The issue is intended to highlight the work of leading scholars, policy makers, and practitioners involved, who are interested in the issue of food security, locally and internationally. The overall vision of this issue is to collate and build upon existing research, to better understand issues related to food security, in the hope of enhancing a stronger evidence base to create responsive programs and more effective policies and practices.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Margaret Lombe
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • food security/insecurity
  • food choices
  • food budget
  • households sustainability
  • intervention research
  • race and ethnicity
  • policy analyses

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Strategizing Dinner: How American Pantry Users Think about Feeding Their Families with Limited Resources
by Tracey Kathleen Burke, Amanda K. Walch, Kiana Holland, Brynn Byam and David Reamer
Sustainability 2021, 13(17), 9772; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su13179772 - 31 Aug 2021
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The financial crisis associated with the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated food insecurity in the United States. The emergency provides an opportunity to re-think the American nutrition-assistance system. In this paper, we describe findings from a community-based project conducted in urban Alaska before the [...] Read more.
The financial crisis associated with the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated food insecurity in the United States. The emergency provides an opportunity to re-think the American nutrition-assistance system. In this paper, we describe findings from a community-based project conducted in urban Alaska before the pandemic in collaboration with a local food pantry. We conducted semi-structured interviews with nineteen food recipients, half of them twice, about how they procure food and prepare their meals in the context of juggling other expenses and demands on their time. What participants in our study do fits mainstream American patterns. Our study adds to the knowledge base by focusing on how families think strategically about their situations in context. In addition to cost, participants take nutrition and flavor into account. Most importantly, they do not think about assistance programs in isolation but holistically. Full article
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