{"product_id":"hunger-inc-building-solidarity-beyond-the-food-bank","title":"Hunger Inc. : Building Solidarity Beyond the Food Bank","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince 2020, we have seen a huge increase in the demand for charitable food aid, due to multiple political and economic crises. Initially seen as an emergency measure, corporate-backed food aid programs are now entrenched ‘solutions’ to hunger. But who really benefits from them?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKayleigh Garthwaite travelled across Britain, North America and Europe, working with food banks, co-ops, urban farms and food justice organisations. She documents the limitations of these programs, and how institutionalising charitable food aid absolves governments of their responsibility to ensure that people have a right to food. As hunger and inequality continue to rise within advanced capitalist countries, this issue is more urgent than ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKayleigh Garthwaite proposes radical key policies for governments and explores alternative community-led responses grounded in solidarity, not charity, to end the need for food aid before the indignity of food banks becomes completely normalised.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pluto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61707258495306,"sku":null,"price":24.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0754\/5474\/2858\/files\/9780745350172.jpg?v=1777120240","url":"https:\/\/archive-books-berlin.myshopify.com\/products\/hunger-inc-building-solidarity-beyond-the-food-bank","provider":"Archive Souq","version":"1.0","type":"link"}