4/5/11

Today in class we began discussion on food security and how it greatly affects the population. We watched a brief clip on Erin Brockovich and discussed the different ways that movie showed signs of accessability and availability to food, whether it was good or bad. It is interesting to see how much of an affect a lack of money and food can impact a family. Poor living conditions can lead to greater risk for illness along with a lack of nutrients. People can begin lieing to save face amongst their peers, and often times you have the mothers or other family members giving up their food so their children can eat. It is definetely a depressing problem, and hopefully one that will eventually get better rather than worse.