Food Security

Food security is having access to sufficient and nutritious food, which is the foundation for good physical and mental health.

Poverty Solutions supports research to better understand the conditions and systems that support food security for all people.

Report Series

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Journal article
Report Series

Addressing Food Insecurity for People With Cancer: We Can No Longer Wait

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Journal article
Report Series

Designing for Proactive Accountability: Lessons on Governing Technology from Detroit’s Food Sovereignty Movement

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Journal article
Report Series

Employment and Health Burden Changes Among Medicaid Expansion Enrollees

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Research Projects

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Research Project

Equitable by Design: Informing Michigan's Food-as-Medicine Programs Through the Experiences of Trans Women of Color in Detroit

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Research Project

The Effect of COVID-19 on Food Insecurity in the United States

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Research Project

Addressing the Need and Identifying the Root Causes of the Intersection of Food and Transportation Insecurity: The City of Detroit Food Delivery Program (Re)Design

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News

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Monitoring food hardship in the U.S.
Feature

Poverty Solutions Associate Director Natasha Pilkauskas awarded U-M Strategic Initiative Fund grant to study food hardship

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Commentary

The Future of SNAP: a note from Luke Shaefer

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News Release

Potential of grocery delivery services to increase food access in Detroit

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Profiles

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Sumit Agarwal

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Natasha Pilkauskas
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Natasha Pilkauskas

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Sarah Burgard

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