Review: Private food assistance in high income countries: A guide for practitioners, policymakers, and researchers

Byrne, Anne T.; Just, David R.

doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2022.102300

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“…The present study makes a unique contribution to research on food bank services, a sector that has grown in recent decades (Bhattarai et al, 2005; Byrne & Just, 2022; Coleman‐Jensen et al, 2015; Coleman‐Jensen et al, 2021b). Studies have shown that increased food pantry use is associated with reduced food insecurity (Leonard et al, 2022) and improved weight and diabetes control among clients (Eicher‐Miller, 2020).…”

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What is free food worth? A nonmarket valuation approach to estimating the welfare effects of food pantry services

Byrne

Just

2022

American J Agri Economics

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Food pantries provide groceries to millions of households in the United States every year. Although there is research and information on many other aspects of food pantries, including financial information such as tax valuations for donated food, there is not a literature establishing the economic value of food pantry access for clients and potential clients. We use a valuation approach from environmental economics, revealed preference travel cost modeling, in a novel application to estimate food pantry value. We use a rich administrative dataset from a food bank system in Colorado and estimate demand for pantry visits, exploiting the move of a local pantry to correct for endogeneity bias. We find that the annual value of pantry access to pantry client households is between $600 and $1000, and the value per pantry visit is between $40 and $60. If we assume these values hold nationally, our localized results imply that the collective value of food pantry access among pantry client households may be between $19 billion and $28 billion dollars annually.

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What is free food worth? A nonmarket valuation approach to estimating the welfare effects of food pantry services

Byrne

Just

2022

American J Agri Economics

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“…Although foodbanks around the world play a critical role in providing food assistance to people in need, the specific ways in which they operate vary based on the local context and available resources. For example, while foodbanks in the US act as storage units that distribute food to food pantries, often through a network of smaller agencies such as places of worship and community centers (Santini and Cavicchi, 2014;Charania and Li, 2020;Byrne and Just, 2022), foodbanks in the UK usually have a more centralized distribution system (i.e., interacting directly with beneficiaries), resembling American and Canadian food pantries (Loopstra et al, 2015;May et al, 2020). Foodbanks in Europe distribute food through a variety of channels-while some utilize their own warehouses and distribution centers, others rely on partnerships with charities and social services (European Food Banks Federation, 2022).…”

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“…Research investigating the limitations of food banks has been ongoing for over two decades (Poppendieck, 1999), although it has gained momentum recently (e.g., Loopstra et al, 2015;McIntyre et al, 2016;Bennett et al, 2021;Byrne and Just, 2022;Dekkinga et al, 2022;Etherington et al, 2022;Williams and May, 2022). Current studies on foodbanks debate their impact on public health (e.g., Garthwaite et al, 2015;Garthwaite, 2016), their correlation with religion, beliefs and religious organizations (e.g., Cameron, 2014;Allen, 2016), their impact on social policy (e.g., Lambie-Mumford, 2019;Bramley et al, 2021), and their impact on an individual's identity, self-esteem and dignity (Hicks-Stratton, 2004;Soja, 2010;Booth, 2014;Pine, 2022;Riol and Robinson, 2022).…”

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The future of charitable alternative food networks in the UK: an investigation into current challenges and opportunities for foodbanks and community markets

Nayak

Hartwell

2023

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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This study examines the potential of charitable alternative food networks (ANFs), specifically community markets, as a complimentary solution to existing food aid efforts in response to food insecurity. While foodbanks play a crucial role in providing emergency food aid, they often face challenges in terms of supply shortages, limited food variety, and perpetuating dependency on food aid. Moreover, foodbanks may only offer temporary relief without addressing the root cause of food insecurity. Community markets, on the other hand, adopt a social economy approach and aim to empower local communities by providing affordable food options to all community members. These markets operate on a different business model than foodbanks and offer additional vouchers for those who cannot afford to purchase food. Community markets also focus on promoting social and economic goals and often provide additional services and activities within the community centers. By assessing the perspectives of beneficiaries of foodbanks and community markets, the paper examines the dimensions of food security (availability, access, utilization, and stability) in the context of both charitable AFNs and highlights the potential of community markets and foodbanks to address these dimensions. While there is ongoing debate about categorizing food aid programmes as AFNs, both share the goal of reducing food insecurity and promoting sustainable and equitable food systems. Ultimately the paper argues that community markets offer a more sustainable and empowering approach to addressing food insecurity by addressing its underlying causes and promoting community resilience.

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“…While the GST provides clear theoretical support for an association between experiences of food insecurity and multiple forms of violence, it is unclear to what extent extant empirical research supports these theoretical associations. Food insecurity is a modifiable risk factor that can be addressed by programs and policies (e.g., the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program [SNAP], the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children [WIC]), as well as food banks and pantries (Byrne & Just, 2022). A comprehensive assessment of the evidence base regarding the association between food insecurity and multiple forms of violence can provide practitioners and policymakers with the information needed to understand and address these pressing public health issues.…”

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Association of Food Insecurity With Multiple Forms of Interpersonal and Self-Directed Violence: A Systematic Review

Frank

Daniel

Hays

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Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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Economic stress, broadly defined, is associated with an increased likelihood of multiple forms of violence. Food insecurity is a distinct economic stressor and material hardship that is amenable to programmatic and policy intervention. To inform intervention and identify gaps in the current evidence base, we conducted a systematic review to synthesize and critically evaluate the existing literature regarding the association between food insecurity and five forms of interpersonal and self-directed violence: intimate partner violence (IPV), suicidality, peer violence and bullying, youth dating violence, and child maltreatment, in high-income countries. We followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines and searched six electronic databases from their start date through February of 2022. We included studies that examined food insecurity as the exposure and an outcome measure of IPV, suicide, suicidality, peer violence, bullying, youth dating violence, or child maltreatment; were peer-reviewed and published in English; reported quantitative data; and took place in a high-income country. We identified 20 relevant studies. Nineteen studies found that food insecurity was associated with an increased likelihood of these forms of violence. Results highlight the potential for programs and policies that address food insecurity to function as primary prevention strategies for multiple forms of violence and underscore the importance of trauma-informed approaches in organizations providing food assistance. Additional theory-driven research with validated measures of food insecurity and clearly established temporality between measures of food insecurity and violence is needed to strengthen the existing evidence base.

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Review: Private food assistance in high income countries: A guide for practitioners, policymakers, and researchers

Cited by 13 publications

References 104 publications

What is free food worth? A nonmarket valuation approach to estimating the welfare effects of food pantry services

What is free food worth? A nonmarket valuation approach to estimating the welfare effects of food pantry services

The future of charitable alternative food networks in the UK: an investigation into current challenges and opportunities for foodbanks and community markets

Association of Food Insecurity With Multiple Forms of Interpersonal and Self-Directed Violence: A Systematic Review

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