The examples shown in the movie were Barbie and her two kids, and Rosie and her family. These two families lived in very different environments but both suffered from the same problem of food insecurity. Both families coped by buying very cheap but unhealthy foods and drinks that negatively affected their health. The families used food stamps, food banks, charities, and help from others to get food to feed their families. No I do not think that they were successful because even though they were getting assistance to afford their food the families weren’t getting their nutritional needs met which resulted in health problems.

The demographic that is most at risk for experiencing food insecurity are the rural families and low income/single income families. The reason the low income families are more at risk is because they don’t earn enough money to be able to afford enough nutritional food to feed their families. The rural families are at risk because the lack of jobs are super markets near them and sometimes not enough funds to pay to drive to the closest supermarket.

My personal reaction to this movie was definitely concern. I knew a bit about food insecurity before watching this movie. I knew that welfare and food stamps aren’t able to help people properly and nutriously feed their families but I didn’t know how bad it actually is. I was suprised at the number of people in America who are labeled as ‘food insecure’ and the amount of money that people actually recieve with food stamps was so low. So people who recieve food stamps are only able to afford unhealthy food which inevitably ends with many health problems.

If i was in a position to directly influence food insecurity, I would increase the amount of money given to families for food stamps by $5 by taking money out of the budget for defense and weapons.  I think policies that could aid people would be by increasing the national budget for the farms that produce fruits and veggies while also lowering the price of fruits and veggies, making them more affordable for lower income families so that they’re not always buying unhealthy snacks.