Beyond Filling Plates: Reimagining Food Pantry Ministry as Food Justice Open Access
Thompson, Jr., Ralph (Spring 2025)
Abstract
Food insecurity is a serious threat to communities with limited resources. Addressing food insecurity is not enough. Food justice should be a goal for every church, nonprofit, and community partner. Food insecurity is an unsustainable solution that can only be solved by enacting Food Justice Measures. A food Justice round table, collaborative with vested partners, can increase the equitable distribution of resources in food-insecure communities.
This research project seeks to define the difference between food insecurity, food security, and food justice. By contrasting two food pantries and drawing on firsthand accounts from field observations and focus groups regarding how they perceive their service in this work, this research highlights why addressing food insecurity as a goal does not go far enough to achieve food justice.
Justice United Metro-Area Partnership (J.U.M.P.) will serve as a model for a round table collaboration that brings together all community entities participating in alleviating food insecurity concerns. The ultimate goal is to increase opportunities for Food Justice by mitigating redundancy and increasing efficiency.
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