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Introduction: Exploring the Growth of Food Charity across Europe (2020)

Lambie-Mumford, H., & Silvasti, T. (2020). Introduction: Exploring the Growth of Food Charity across Europe. In H. Lambie-Mumford, & T. Silvasti (Eds.), The Rise of Food Charity in Europe (pp. 1-18). Policy Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvzgb6dt.7

JYU authors or editors

Publication details

All authors or editors: Lambie-Mumford, Hannah; Silvasti, Tiina

Parent publication: The Rise of Food Charity in Europe

Parent publication editors: Lambie-Mumford, Hannah; Silvasti, Tiina

ISBN: 978-1-4473-4000-3

eISBN: 978-1-4473-4788-3

Publication year: 2020

Pages range: 1-18

Number of pages in the book: 272

Publisher: Policy Press

Publication country: United Kingdom

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvzgb6dt.7

Publication open access: Not open

Publication channel open access: 

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/68436

Abstract

An increasing body of country-specific research demonstrates that the need for emergency food assistance is growing throughout Europe, and that rising numbers of people are being forced to turn to charitable food aid to satisfy their basic need for food. Studies on contemporary experiences of food insecurity and food charity have recently been conducted in Estonia (Kõre, 2014), Finland (Silvasti and Karjalainen, 2014), France (Rambeloson et al, 2007), Germany (Pfeiffer et al, 2011), Spain (Pérez de Armiño, 2014) and the UK (Lambie-Mumford, 2017; Loopstra and Lalor, 2017). There is a long history of charitable food provision in Europe – the European... [continues]

Keywords: food; charity; food aid; poverty; social exclusion; justice

Contributing organizations

Ministry reporting: Yes

Reporting Year: 2020

JUFO rating: 1