A Place at the Table (2012)

A Place at the Table plot

"One Nation. Underfed."

Not knowing when to eat again; 49 million Americans struggle with it. The lives of three residents of Colorado, Philadelphia and Mississippi reveal the root causes of this massive problem. Rosie is so hungry she can't concentrate at school, young Tremonica is quite overweight and has asthma from the cheap, high-calorie food at home—the only thing her mother can afford—and Barbie, a single mother of two. , fights for healthy food for her offspring. Not only are fresh produce incredibly expensive if you have to live on a minimum income or food stamps, they are not even for sale in some parts of America. For example, Barbie has to travel an hour to buy fruits and vegetables. Politicians have been saying that hunger is unacceptable since the 1970s, but the numbers are only increasing. As we see the physical and psychological development of Rosie, Tremonica and Barbie's children faltered by malnutrition, the various social, economic and cultural causes are highlighted. These range from the subsidy system for food (84 percent goes to soy, maize, cotton, grain and rice against 1 percent to fruit and vegetables) to the emphasis on personal responsibility and private aid.

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