{"id":341,"date":"2013-04-10T15:28:46","date_gmt":"2013-04-10T15:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stateofdisparity.org\/?p=341"},"modified":"2013-04-10T15:32:05","modified_gmt":"2013-04-10T15:32:05","slug":"food-insecurity-a-complicated-problem-in-conn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stateofdisparity.org\/?p=341","title":{"rendered":"Food insecurity a complicated problem in Conn."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_342\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stateofdisparity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/food_security2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-342\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stateofdisparity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/food_security2-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"Katherine Sebastian-Dring who work at the Gemma E. Moran United Way Labor\/Food Center stands on the left, next to Bob Davoy who runs a food pantry in downtown New London. Mary Gates (right) is an Americorp VISTA for the New London Food Policy Council.\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-342\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.stateofdisparity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/food_security2-300x220.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.stateofdisparity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/food_security2-1024x752.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-342\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Katherine Sebastian-Dring who work at the Gemma E. Moran United Way Labor\/Food Center stands on the left, next to Bob Davoy who runs a food pantry in downtown New London. Mary Gates (right) is an Americorp VISTA for the New London Food Policy Council.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Recently a national anti-hunger advocacy group ranked Connecticut as the 6th best state for access to affordable and nutritious food\u2014what\u2019s also called community food security. But a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zwickcenter.uconn.edu\/CFS\/PopulationatRiskRanking.php\" target=\"_blank\">study released Wednesday<\/a> by UConn\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zwickcenter.uconn.edu\/\">Zwick Center for Food and Resource Policy<\/a> shows that things are pretty tough in some areas. <\/p>\n<p>You can hear Will Stone&#8217;s report on food insecurity here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stateofdisparity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/ws_foodsecurity_130409.mp3\">ws_foodsecurity_130409<\/a><\/p>\n<p>1 in 6 children in New London County is food insecure. That means they and their families don\u2019t have reliable access to affordable food for a number of reasons\u2014transportation, education, geography and income, all play a role. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not all about economic disparity for this issue. The per capita income in the city of New London is $21,000, while neighboring Stonington is almost twice that. But the report shows Stonington still has a higher than average risk of food insecurity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery town in the county has an at-risk population,&#8221; says Mary Gates, who&#8217;s been conducting focus groups on food insecurity for the New London Food Policy Council. &#8220;I want to make sure that people don\u2019t look at Stonington or Mystic and say there can\u2019t be hungry people there.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently a national anti-hunger advocacy group ranked Connecticut as the 6th best state for access to affordable and nutritious food\u2014what\u2019s also called community food security. But a study released Wednesday by UConn\u2019s Zwick Center for Food and Resource Policy shows that things are pretty tough in some areas. 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