A Syllabus for the Study of Food Security, Hunger and Poverty

Excerpts: This syllabus is for teaching a course on food security, hunger and poverty. The course outline focuses on US (domestic) and world hunger and food insecurity often the consequence of poverty. The status of childhood hunger and the characteristics of the poor and views about poverty are addressed. The purpose of this course is to add knowledge about hungry, food security and poverty to enhance skills in speaking about and analyzing community situation that foster the quality of public decisions. The curriculum references address concepts, theories, analysis and strategies concerned with the issue of food security. Many Extension professionals have dual appointments that include resident teaching. This syllabus is prepared for use in their situation, as well as for self-study and can be modified for informal adult education.