1 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:32,441 ♪ Draw me a map ♪ 2 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:36,241 ♪ That I can hold ♪ 3 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:45,324 ♪ Lines that tell me where to go ♪ 4 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:51,166 ♪ My head is full ♪ 5 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:57,003 ♪ Of lonely harmonies ♪ 6 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:04,122 ♪ And questions no one's asking me ♪ 7 00:01:08,960 --> 00:01:13,761 ♪ Who's gonna take my hand? ♪ 8 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:18,005 ♪ Show me the way? ♪ 9 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:23,530 ♪ How long will I have to wait ♪ 10 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:29,688 ♪ For someday? ♪ 11 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:38,008 ♪ Well, it's not the sky ♪ 12 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:41,966 ♪ I'm asking for ♪ 13 00:01:44,960 --> 00:01:48,123 ♪ I'm just having trouble ♪ 14 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:52,410 ♪ Finding north ♪ 15 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:56,481 ♪ I've gone as far ♪ 16 00:01:56,640 --> 00:02:02,682 ♪ go♪ 17 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:06,963 ♪ Trying to find something ♪ 18 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:08,724 ♪ That feels like ♪ 19 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:13,204 ♪ Home ♪. 20 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:18,449 ♪ Who's gonna take my hand? ♪ 21 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:23,003 ♪ Show me the way? ♪ 22 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:29,162 ♪ How long will I have to wait ♪ 23 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:34,091 ♪ For someday? ♪ 24 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:58,481 Collbran, Colorado, is really cool, 25 00:02:58,640 --> 00:02:59,766 and it's mostly where 26 00:02:59,920 --> 00:03:03,288 all the cowboys and cowgirls roam. 27 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:07,645 We're just country people. 28 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:14,165 The town of Collbran is a quaint, quiet little town 29 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:17,961 with that honorable Code of the West type atmosphere. 30 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:23,843 ♪ Home ♪. 31 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:25,160 Close-knit. 32 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:28,006 Caring. 33 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:34,726 - And yet, almost desperate. - ♪ The leaves have changed ♪ 34 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:36,450 ♪Atime or two ♪ 35 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:42,880 ♪ Since the last time the train came through ♪ 36 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:46,206 - Here, food. - ♪ I got my ticket ♪ 37 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:49,170 ♪ And I'm going to go ♪ 38 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:53,651 All right, this is my tree house. 39 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:57,489 This is my table that I built, 40 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:01,690 and this is the carpets that I found in our shed, 41 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:03,405 and so I just put it in here. 42 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:06,211 And sometimes I sit here when I'm, like, sad 43 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:07,486 or if I'm angry. 44 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:10,604 If I get a bad, um, grade 45 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:13,969 in one of my classes 'cause I'm not doing really good. 46 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:19,001 Our home is a two-family unit. 47 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:23,051 And my daughter lives with us and her family and my husband. 48 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:26,000 You're finding out more and more 49 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:28,362 that the kids come back to the parents 50 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:31,683 and they live and that's about how you make it. 51 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:47,883 I work at The Cattleman's Grill. 52 00:04:49,280 --> 00:04:51,681 I've never received government assistance, 53 00:04:51,840 --> 00:04:54,207 but I went down there... 54 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:57,528 And I was gonna try to get food stamps. 55 00:04:58,520 --> 00:04:59,726 They turned me away. 56 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:04,768 My paycheck is about $120 every two weeks. 57 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:09,522 So it's hard. 58 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:15,522 My husband, he works for St. Mary's Hospital. 59 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:19,765 And I'm working now, too, so we're over the limit for help. 60 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:22,685 We've got seven people in our family, 61 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:25,929 so you make your food stretch. 62 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:33,482 We've been without vegetables for a while. 63 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:36,364 We do run out of milk. 64 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:38,642 We eat dry cereal. 65 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:43,085 You have to live the best you can. 66 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:44,571 You've got to make things stretch nowadays. 67 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:46,324 It's not easy. 68 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:52,321 Sometimes we run out of food, 69 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:55,245 so we try to figure out something. 70 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:57,562 Probably ask friends for food. 71 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:03,128 We get really hungry, and our tummies just growl, 72 00:06:03,280 --> 00:06:06,523 and sometimes I feel like I'm gonna barf 73 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:08,045 'cause it feels bad. 74 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:11,489 But I don't really know what to do. 75 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:17,123 ♪ You alone are my heart's desire ♪ 76 00:06:17,280 --> 00:06:23,049 ♪ And I long to worship You ♪ 77 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:24,406 The title of the message this morning 78 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:26,847 is "Church and Community." 79 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:29,844 The church should always be in the community. 80 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:31,286 And I believe what we're doing 81 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:32,805 is exactly what Jesus would have us do, 82 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:35,566 is exactly what He's doing in the world today. 83 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:38,803 Jesus was involved in those around Him. 84 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:42,247 Jesus fed 5,000. 85 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:47,846 We fed 5,000 here in the not too distant past. 86 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:50,526 Hunger is an issue in our community. 87 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:52,200 One of the ways we found that the need 88 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:54,800 is greater than we thought was, on Wednesday nights, 89 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:57,531 we started preparing a meal for anyone who wants to come. 90 00:06:57,680 --> 00:06:59,011 And we had no idea what to expect. 91 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:06,762 And now we have between 80 and 120 92 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:09,287 that we'll feed a hot meal to every Wednesday. 93 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:14,044 So it is a bigger problem that we're aware of. 94 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:27,920 I think when people hear the term "hunger," 95 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:31,562 they still imagine a skinny, undernourished human being. 96 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:35,526 They see the pictures of famine victims from sub-Saharan Africa. 97 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:38,246 That's the image that we carry around. 98 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:45,085 If you're comparing hunger in America 99 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:47,208 to hunger of the most grinding kind, 100 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:49,721 then no, I mean, people are not dying of hunger 101 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:51,928 in the same way here that they are in Africa. 102 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:54,048 But that's about the best that you can say. 103 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:58,006 It's a problem that people are ashamed of acknowledging. 104 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:02,331 Our own government is ashamed of acknowledging it 105 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:03,686 from my point of view. 106 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:05,683 And you just kind of, you know, 107 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:08,645 you're... We're in denial about it, I think. 108 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:24,965 No. 109 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:29,204 Aww, thank you. 110 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:31,607 Hunger is right here in the United States. 111 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:33,524 It could be right next door, 112 00:08:33,680 --> 00:08:34,640 and you would never know 113 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:37,007 because people are too afraid to talk about it. 114 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:45,529 - Hold on tight. - Oh, boom. 115 00:08:45,680 --> 00:08:46,681 Bella, watch your shoe. 116 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:52,886 Being where I'm from, there's so many expectations 117 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:57,489 of these girls just have kids, drop out, do drugs. 118 00:08:57,680 --> 00:09:00,809 You know, things like that. I don't want to be that person. 119 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:07,287 Since August, I lost my job, 120 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:08,801 I had to get on public assistance 121 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:12,322 to be able to have some type of income coming into the house. 122 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:14,369 What's that? 123 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:16,488 - Train. - A train coming. 124 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:19,007 My dream is to go to college. 125 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:22,966 If I go to school, it's an investment in my future, 126 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:27,529 but at the same time, I'm struggling so much every day 127 00:09:27,680 --> 00:09:31,207 to be able to even feed my kids every day. 128 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:33,840 - Uh-oh. - Wow. 129 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,241 So it's really hard to make that decision now. 130 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:37,481 Like, I can't tell my kids, 131 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:39,409 "Okay, I'm going to school," 132 00:09:39,560 --> 00:09:41,881 "so in two years, we're gonna be fine." 133 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:43,849 I can't tell them, "Yeah, I'll make sure" 134 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:45,570 "you guys eat in two years." 135 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:48,485 Aiden, come eat. 136 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:50,961 - Eat it all. - No. 137 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:56,170 Look, you could pick it up. 138 00:09:56,360 --> 00:10:00,046 All my life, I know what it's like to eat Oodles of Noodles, 139 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:02,447 seven days a week, three, four times a day, 140 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:05,604 'cause it's all we had and cans of Chef Boyardee. 141 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:07,524 When I had my children, 142 00:10:07,680 --> 00:10:09,762 I said I would never, ever let them taste it 143 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:12,884 just because that was my breakfast, lunch, and dinner. 144 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:17,489 But life brings you situations and circumstances, 145 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:19,404 and it's up to you to be able to deal with it 146 00:10:19,560 --> 00:10:21,847 and find a way to get through it. 147 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:24,571 A survey from the U.S. Department of Agriculture 148 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:27,530 reports that one in six Americans 149 00:10:27,680 --> 00:10:29,648 say they don't have enough to eat. 150 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:33,361 Last year, nearly 30% of U.S. families 151 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:36,205 were classified as "food insecure." 152 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:37,970 Food insecurity is this idea 153 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:39,884 that you don't know where your next meal is coming from. 154 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:41,804 You have no idea how you're going to manage 155 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:44,088 to find that food or afford that food. 156 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:46,925 And when 50 million Americans don't have that power, 157 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:49,851 that's a very dark indication indeed of where we are. 158 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:45,446 Step up on there. This will make a noise. 159 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:46,687 Step up on the table right there. 160 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:48,201 I'll be with you in just a second. 161 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:55,643 - What grade you in? - Second. 162 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:57,882 Second? You're in the second grade? 163 00:11:58,040 --> 00:12:00,361 - How old are you? - I'm gonna be eight. 164 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:02,124 Fixing to be eight. 165 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:04,600 All right, and you've got asthma? 166 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:06,563 Okay, do you ever have problems with shortness of breath 167 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:08,529 when you're outside playing or anything? 168 00:12:08,680 --> 00:12:12,526 I have to stop playing and take a deep breath. 169 00:12:12,680 --> 00:12:15,524 Okay. What did you eat for breakfast this morning? 170 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:17,722 I didn't eat. 171 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:20,400 You didn't eat breakfast this morning? Okay. 172 00:12:20,560 --> 00:12:21,482 When you get home in the afternoon, 173 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:24,120 do you eat a snack? What do you eat? 174 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:27,250 - Chips. - Chips? What else, baby? 175 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:28,970 What do you drink? 176 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:32,169 - Pop. - Pop? Oka)! 177 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:35,608 Do you have any other snacks besides chips you could eat? 178 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:37,444 - Huh? - Cookies. 179 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:39,011 - Kisses? - Cookies. 180 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:41,322 Cookies. Cookies and chips, okay. 181 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:43,005 Maybe you could ask Mom to start 182 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:46,369 buying you some... some carrots and some celery 183 00:12:46,520 --> 00:12:47,851 and maybe some apples. 184 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:50,890 You could slice some apples up. That'd be good, hmm? 185 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:53,560 A lot of people think there is a yawning gap 186 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:55,927 between hunger on the one hand and obesity on the other. 187 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:57,605 In fact, they're neighbors. 188 00:12:57,760 --> 00:12:59,364 And the reason that they happen often 189 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:00,567 in the same time and often in the same family 190 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:01,960 and the same person 191 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:04,361 is because they're both signs 192 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:07,490 of having insufficient funds to be able to command 193 00:13:07,680 --> 00:13:09,842 food that you need to stay healthy. 194 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:26,048 Mostly, I really shop for... 195 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:28,288 I look around and see what's the cheapest. 196 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:31,363 You have... Fruit are very high. 197 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:34,444 And you got chips that's 35¢ a bag. 198 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:36,807 So I say, "Okay, I'm not gonna get the fruit." 199 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:38,764 "I'm gonna get some chips." 200 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:44,285 But if the fruit on sale, I'll leave the chips and get the fruit. 201 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:49,690 She's overweight for her age. 202 00:13:49,840 --> 00:13:51,444 She's very overweight for her age. 203 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:55,167 So I have to sort of watch, and that bothers me. 204 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:04,568 Tremon, do you want blue juice or cranberry juice? 205 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:06,324 Blue juice. 206 00:14:08,360 --> 00:14:10,249 If you look at what has happened 207 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:13,882 to the relative price of fresh fruits and vegetables, 208 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:20,281 it's gone up by 40% since 1980 when the obesity epidemic first began. 209 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:31,930 In contrast, the relative price of processed foods 210 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:34,367 has gone down by about 40%. 211 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:38,924 So if you have only a limited amount of money to spend, 212 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:42,163 you're going to spend it on the cheapest calories you can get. 213 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:44,448 And that's going to be processed foods. 214 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:50,282 This has to do with our farm policy 215 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:52,841 and what we subsidize and what we don't. 216 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:56,607 ♪ Look out, Ma, look out, Pa ♪ 217 00:14:56,760 --> 00:14:59,730 ♪ Look at that horizon ♪ 218 00:14:59,880 --> 00:15:03,168 ♪ Something's out there, kicking up dust ♪ 219 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:06,847 ♪ Storm is coming fast ♪ 220 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:09,162 The subsidy system that we now have 221 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:13,166 actually started back in the 1930s during the Great Depression. 222 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:20,523 Farmers were the first to be hit hard when the economy went bad. 223 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:23,803 There was a lot of pressure to put 224 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:25,405 some sort of government assistance forward 225 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:29,167 to help them get a decent price at harvest time for their crops. 226 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:31,849 The programs in the Great Depression, 227 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:35,004 of course, were emergency programs. 228 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:38,249 The idea was, if we could, on a temporary basis, 229 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:40,562 help support the prices of farm products, 230 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:43,485 that we'd get through this difficult period. 231 00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:45,961 And then we would let the market take over, 232 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:49,044 except we never let the market take over. 233 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:55,926 ♪ It's been a long time coming ♪ 234 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:58,651 In the 1930s and '40s and into the '50s, 235 00:15:58,800 --> 00:15:59,926 and even a little bit beyond that, 236 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:03,641 I think you could make the case that it really was family farmers 237 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:06,121 who were mostly benefiting from these programs. 238 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:13,760 But as the agricultural sector became more concentrated 239 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:16,241 in terms of ownership of the land resources, 240 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:18,209 more and more of these operations 241 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:20,169 came to resemble agribusinesses 242 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:22,163 and not family farming operations. 243 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:24,087 ♪ It's been ♪ 244 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:29,326 ♪ A long time coming ♪ 245 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:31,526 ♪ It's been ♪ 246 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:33,523 ♪ A long time ♪ 247 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:35,529 The U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA, 248 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:38,849 ls one of the most diverse and complex agencies 249 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:40,684 in the entire federal government. 250 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:45,643 It does everything from international food trade 251 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:48,565 to the Forest Service, to food safety, 252 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:50,529 to animal protection, 253 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:54,321 to, of course, farming programs, and food and nutrition programs. 254 00:16:55,680 --> 00:16:57,364 The U.S. Department of Agriculture 255 00:16:57,520 --> 00:16:59,841 has increasingly become the domain 256 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:05,040 of support for mega-farms and mega-farming corporations. 257 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:11,883 Most of that subsidy money, about 70% of it, 258 00:17:12,040 --> 00:17:14,805 has gone just to 10% of those beneficiaries. 259 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:18,567 The biggest, largest, best capitalized farms, 260 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:21,047 they're hauling in this taxpayer money now. 261 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:24,647 And so there is this weird paradox 262 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:27,610 where welfare for the poor is scorned, 263 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:29,200 but corporate welfare, as it's known, 264 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:30,884 is sort of heartily endorsed. 265 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:39,322 We subsidize the basic ingredients in processed foods. 266 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:42,927 We do not subsidize fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, 267 00:17:43,120 --> 00:17:46,567 because the producers tend to be small producers. 268 00:17:46,720 --> 00:17:49,087 They don't have the kind of political clout 269 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:52,005 that the big commodity producers of corn and soybeans 270 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:54,811 and wheat that gets processed do. 271 00:17:58,360 --> 00:18:02,046 These subsidies made products very cheap, 272 00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:05,204 and therefore made it profitable for the food industry 273 00:18:05,360 --> 00:18:07,249 to invest in the infrastructure 274 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:11,610 for processing those products into the packaged goods 275 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:15,048 that we see on every counter, in every corner store, 276 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:16,929 in every vending machine, 277 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:20,289 that are really ubiquitous now and all around us. 278 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:33,611 Slicin' onions, gets you... so you know that. 279 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:36,764 Just try to be careful. 280 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:42,087 I'm Ree. I have four boys, 281 00:18:42,240 --> 00:18:44,402 and I live in Jonestown, Mississippi. 282 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:46,887 I've been living in Jonestown all my life. 283 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:48,201 I'm in the kitchen. 284 00:18:48,360 --> 00:18:51,045 Look, that's funny to her. 285 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:55,204 Raw onion, grilled onion. 286 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:02,446 What I do for work is I cook. 287 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:06,970 I work the cash register, I do the dishes. 288 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:09,208 Mainly, I just pitch in, you know, and help. 289 00:19:12,040 --> 00:19:13,724 We have stores in Jonestown. 290 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:16,890 We have about three grocery stores, 291 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:18,849 but it's hard in getting some of the things 292 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:21,810 like, when you want fruits, there's no store sell fruits. 293 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:24,804 Maybe one store will have a few bananas. 294 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:27,691 They have vegetables, but it's in a can. 295 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:29,649 I love fresh vegetables and fruit. 296 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:32,167 It's very frustrating they don't have it here. 297 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:38,724 There's this thing called a food desert. 298 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:42,646 So out in the county, you have these mom and pop shops. 299 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:44,768 And they don't have fruits and veggies. 300 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:48,961 There are several issues. Agriculture's a big business. 301 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:52,960 So I get this big 18-wheeler, and I'm delivering food. 302 00:19:53,120 --> 00:19:55,407 I'll deliver it to Walmart, and I'll deliver it to Kroger, 303 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:56,766 and these others chains, 304 00:19:56,960 --> 00:19:59,691 but I can't afford to take my 18-wheeler 305 00:19:59,880 --> 00:20:02,042 and go through these back roads. 306 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:04,282 They're off the beaten path. 307 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:06,204 So you just don't fit our model, you know. 308 00:20:06,360 --> 00:20:09,170 Maximum delivery, minimum cost. 309 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:12,642 And so we're consuming what's available to us. 310 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:14,848 Chips and ice cream and cakes. 311 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:16,650 They have that here. 312 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:19,761 They have lots and lots of stuff like that here. 313 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:24,601 And so, that's why I go to Clarksdale 314 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:27,366 sometimes grocery shopping, or Batesville, 315 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:29,329 about a 45-minute drive. 316 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:33,326 Those that doesn't have transportation, it's hard. 317 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:54,048 All right, hon, help Mommy cook. 318 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:55,611 Mommy cook. 319 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:58,604 I want to help you to make spaghetti. 320 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:00,171 Okay. Here you go. 321 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:02,891 This one goes on the table. 322 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:09,811 The assistance programs in the United States 323 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:14,568 are very hard to qualify for. 324 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:20,682 It's, like, either you're starving or you don't get any help. 325 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:23,207 But what defines starving? 326 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:25,400 Like, if you don't eat for a day, are you starving? 327 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:26,686 In their eyes, no. 328 00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:29,366 But in your eyes and the way you feel, of course. 329 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:33,371 ' - Okay. 330 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:34,806 Good job. 331 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:37,604 Mom, can I do the next one? 332 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:39,808 Mm-hmm. Okay. 333 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:41,206 Put that in the water. 334 00:22:41,360 --> 00:22:43,203 But do we gotta break it? 335 00:22:43,360 --> 00:22:44,805 No. You don't gotta break it. 336 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:46,769 It goes in the water. 337 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:48,570 It was Aiden's turn to help, too. 338 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:51,331 Put that in there. 339 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:53,642 Okay, that was a bad idea. 340 00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:57,729 I do get food stamps now, 341 00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:01,043 but they last about three weeks out of the month. 342 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:05,046 And for that last week, I'm just going crazy. 343 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:06,884 Is it good? 344 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:08,087 Mm-hmm. 345 00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:09,964 Put them in there. 346 00:23:10,120 --> 00:23:12,930 - The ones that are cut. - I'm making. 347 00:23:13,120 --> 00:23:15,282 JAMES McGOVERN: I lived on a food stamp diet for a week 348 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:17,807 along with Jo Ann Emerson from Missouri. 349 00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:19,246 We did so because we thought 350 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:21,368 that the food stamp benefit was inadequate. 351 00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:23,204 Most of my colleagues had no idea 352 00:23:23,360 --> 00:23:26,284 that the average food stamp benefit was $3.00 a day. 353 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:31,451 I had my budget, and I went to a supermarket. 354 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:34,329 It took me an awful long time 355 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:36,323 because you have to add up every penny. 356 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:38,528 And it has to last you for a week. 357 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:41,251 And so I did it, and I will tell you, 358 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:44,011 I was tired, I was cranky, 359 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:46,162 'cause I couldn't drink coffee, 'cause coffee was too expensive. 360 00:23:46,360 --> 00:23:50,524 There are people who are living on that food stamp allocation. 361 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:52,444 And you really can't. 362 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:56,530 For us, it was an exercise that ended in a week. 363 00:23:57,920 --> 00:23:59,445 For millions of other people in this country, 364 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:00,726 that's their way of life. 365 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:03,770 Every day is a struggle just to eat. 366 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:14,089 $39.37. 367 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:17,806 Um... 368 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:22,407 Would you take 35? 369 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:25,285 You're gonna have to put something back. 370 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:28,529 Back in the '80s, when I formed the End Hunger Network, 371 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:33,288 we wanted to show what it was like to live in America and, you know, 372 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:35,807 be holding down three jobs and, you know, 373 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:39,726 you got a couple of kids and maybe a medical problem, 374 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:41,245 and you've gotta put food on the table, 375 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:42,606 keep a roof on your head, and it's... 376 00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:44,569 It's really a daunting task. 377 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:47,451 And we wanted to make a film about that. 378 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:51,366 And it was made, you know, 10, 12 years ago, 379 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:54,205 and it doesn't seem out of date at all. 380 00:24:54,360 --> 00:24:55,771 It seems... 381 00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:57,968 It seems just as fresh as the day we made it. 382 00:24:58,120 --> 00:25:00,282 The problem is getting... is getting worse. 383 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:02,966 The policy and my own feeling in this administration 384 00:25:03,120 --> 00:25:06,329 is that if there is one person in this country hungry, 385 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:08,363 that is one too many. 386 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:11,649 And for those who cannot do for themselves, 387 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:13,689 society has to respond. 388 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:17,447 In this era of unprecedented prosperity, 389 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:20,683 we still have some work of our own to do. 390 00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:22,604 We hear the call to take on the challenges 391 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:25,161 of hunger and poverty and disease. 392 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:28,005 And that is precisely what America is doing. 393 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:29,400 We are Americans. 394 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:31,483 We are tougher than the times we live in, 395 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:34,166 and we are bigger than our politics have been, 396 00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:37,449 so let's meet the moment, let's get to work, 397 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:39,170 and let's show the world once again 398 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:42,210 why the United States of America remains the greatest nation on Earth. 399 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:01,845 We've got 44 million Americans 400 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,571 on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance program, 401 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:07,087 what we used to call food stamps. 402 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:11,211 One out of every two kids in the United States 403 00:26:11,360 --> 00:26:15,081 at some point in their childhood will be on food assistance. 404 00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:28,048 You better watch it. 405 00:26:30,120 --> 00:26:31,326 Come on. 406 00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:39,803 Chips right here, Mommy. 407 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:51,408 - Can I have a cheeseburger? - Huh? 408 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:52,527 No. 409 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:54,648 Mom, I need a doughnut. 410 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:56,360 No, you got chips in your hand. 411 00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:59,006 - I want a doughnut. - You don't need doughnuts. 412 00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:01,888 - [ <=n/ins 1 - Aiden. 413 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:04,122 I want a doughnut! 414 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:13,443 Aiden's first year of life was a period of a lot of struggle. 415 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:18,290 At that time, I was making $9.00 an hour. 416 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:21,364 Buying food was really an obstacle for me. 417 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:23,249 So I applied for food stamps, 418 00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:25,289 which means I was in the welfare office 419 00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:28,603 from 8:00 in the morning to 4:30 in the afternoon, 420 00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:32,651 to then be told that I was $2.00 over the income limit. 421 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:35,121 So because I was $2.00 over the income limit, 422 00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:38,807 I didn't... I was not eligible for even a dollar in food stamps. 423 00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:40,405 Watch. 424 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:43,484 So, you know, I didn't have what they needed, 425 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:46,445 or there just wasn't any more food. 426 00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:50,645 And I feel like it affected Aiden a lot. 427 00:27:54,120 --> 00:27:55,610 - Mom. - Yes? 428 00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:57,762 Here, it's... 429 00:27:57,920 --> 00:27:59,524 - My Elmo. - Yeah. 430 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:01,808 - Thank you. - I want a hug. 431 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:04,611 Huh? 432 00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:09,484 What happened? 433 00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:12,211 - House. - What happened with the house? 434 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:18,010 What happened? Mommy room? 435 00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:22,484 Aiden... he was constantly in and out of the hospital. 436 00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:26,645 He was diagnosed with G6PD, which is an immune deficiency. 437 00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:29,610 He has hearing problems, and earlier this month, 438 00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:32,286 he was diagnosed with speech delay. 439 00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:36,608 Any kind of nutritional deprivation, 440 00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:38,922 however short that it could be, 441 00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:40,730 in those first three years of life 442 00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:44,487 can have lifelong consequences for a child. 443 00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:50,121 It affects their cognitive development, 444 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:53,170 their ability to get along with others. 445 00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:55,561 No! 446 00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:58,007 Let's shine our flashlight here and look. 447 00:28:58,160 --> 00:29:01,243 They could be constantly sick, constantly getting infections, 448 00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:03,243 because they're not well nourished. 449 00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:04,845 Do you know, has he had any colds? 450 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:06,570 He's actually a little sick right now. 451 00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:07,682 - Okay. - Yeah. 452 00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:10,650 It can truncate a child's developmental potential. 453 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:13,167 Whether or not it affects their growth outcomes, 454 00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:16,164 sort of their physical... their stature and their weight, 455 00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:18,971 it affects their brain at a much deeper level. 456 00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:35,606 Okay, mine is about this, um, goddess or queen. 457 00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:40,288 Her husband died, and he gave half of his kingdom 458 00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:43,125 to the Romans and... 459 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:45,851 Hunger definitely impacts my classroom. 460 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:50,360 I have had students come to me upset, 461 00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:54,320 and it's definitely a huge issue in our small community. 462 00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:56,284 We are going to spend a little bit of time 463 00:29:56,480 --> 00:29:59,290 talking about how to use context clues 464 00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:04,646 to help us when we find words in the textbooks that we're reading. 465 00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:06,928 One student in particular, Rosie, 466 00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:09,287 I just really felt that she wasn't really 467 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:10,930 applying herself in the classroom, 468 00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:13,566 and I couldn't figure out where that attitude was coming from. 469 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:17,723 I felt that she just really didn't care about what 470 00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:20,565 I wanted her to learn or that school was that important, 471 00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:23,610 and what I realized when I brought her in one day was 472 00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:25,689 the main issue was that she was hungry. 473 00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:28,604 I struggle a lot. 474 00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:31,770 And most of the time, it's because my stomach is really hurting. 475 00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:33,160 So let's take a look. 476 00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:34,970 And my teacher tells me to get focused, 477 00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:38,283 and she told me to write "focus" on one of those stickers. 478 00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:39,322 And every time I look at it, 479 00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:41,329 I'm, like, "Oh, I'm supposed to be focusing." 480 00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:45,643 I start yawning, and then I zone out. 481 00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:47,689 And I'm just looking at the teacher, 482 00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:51,481 and I look at her, and all I think about is food. 483 00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:54,564 So I have these little visions in my eyes. 484 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:57,530 You're still gonna use the same skills. 485 00:30:57,680 --> 00:30:59,205 Sometimes when I look at her, 486 00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:02,284 I vision her as a banana, so she goes like a banana. 487 00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:05,364 And everybody in the class is like apples or oranges. 488 00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:08,649 And then I'm, like, "Oh, great." 489 00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:11,360 What were the two you were trying to narrow it down to? 490 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:12,686 - IIAII IIB-II. - IIAII IIB-II 491 00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:14,524 And why were you thinking "A"? 492 00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:18,122 Um... Me, um... 493 00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:21,045 We are tying the arms 494 00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:25,649 behind the backs of children as they go into public schools. 495 00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:29,168 We're making it so that we spend money for teachers 496 00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:33,524 and that we deliver to them a lot of children who can't learn. 497 00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:36,251 The lost potential... Some of those kids 498 00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:39,688 could potentially be a great scientist 499 00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:42,844 or go on to be leaders in our armed forces, 500 00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:47,090 but the impact that hunger has messes everything up. 501 00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:50,642 And as a result of that, we're weakening our nation. 502 00:31:57,240 --> 00:31:58,651 Food was really important growing up, 503 00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:00,006 especially around holidays. 504 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:01,969 We had to be home for dinner every night. 505 00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:06,369 My mother was the typical Italian mother 506 00:32:06,520 --> 00:32:09,330 who would not sit down unless everybody was served. 507 00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:12,324 Um, and I think that was, you know, 508 00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:14,400 her way of showing how much she loved her family. 509 00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:17,921 I was in high school at the time. 510 00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:20,082 My mother decided to take a job 511 00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:23,369 managing a school cafeteria at Elizabeth where we grew up. 512 00:32:24,840 --> 00:32:26,763 Years later, my brother and I, we tried to get her to retire. 513 00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:30,009 And she sat down and she said, "You know, I'm not ready to retire yet." 514 00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:31,207 I said, "Why?" 515 00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:34,045 She said, "You know, these kids" 516 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:36,123 "that come into my lunchroom for breakfast and lunch," 517 00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:38,726 "I know this is the only thing they're eating all day." 518 00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:45,244 For your elimination challenge, you'll be feeding students 519 00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:47,727 using the same restrictive budget 520 00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:53,046 that our public schools have: $2.68 per child. 521 00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:55,921 Childhood nutrition has become a huge health crisis in this country. 522 00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:58,611 And in this challenge, we were looking at various things. 523 00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:00,842 Part of it to get kids to eat vegetables and stuff 524 00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:02,280 and whether or not you were cooking food 525 00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:04,169 that was appropriate for a school lunch. 526 00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:07,881 I had wanted to do a healthy dessert that incorporated fruits, 527 00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:10,407 but that was not possible within our budget. 528 00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:12,608 The point was that you guys would get tripped up 529 00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:14,680 because that's the problem that the country has. 530 00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:16,603 Did you find that you had to add more sugar 531 00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:18,290 because the bananas were starchy? 532 00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:22,889 I believe there was a total of about two pounds of sugar. 533 00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:26,131 What's served in the schools 534 00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:28,760 is very much a function of the kind of investment 535 00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:30,160 we've been willing to make. 536 00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:32,601 If you figure that the federal government 537 00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:37,561 is reimbursing schools $2.68 for a meal that's served free, 538 00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:42,487 and you take out the labor cost and the administrative cost 539 00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:44,608 and cost for gas and electricity 540 00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:47,206 and custodial services and what have you, 541 00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:49,931 it really doesn't leave a lot for food. 542 00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:52,560 Most schools report that they have between 543 00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:56,202 90¢ and a dollar to actually spend on food. 544 00:33:56,360 --> 00:34:00,285 We're spending less than a dollar, okay? On lunch. 545 00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:02,044 Now I don't know about you, 546 00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:04,320 but I go to Starbucks and Peet's and places like that, 547 00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:07,449 and a Venti latte in San Francisco is $5.00. 548 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:09,329 One gourmet coffee- 549 00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:12,683 One... is more... We spend more on 550 00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:19,041 than we are spending to feed kids for an entire week in our schools. 551 00:34:20,720 --> 00:34:23,246 The dollars that are being used for reimbursement 552 00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:25,129 haven't changed since 1973. 553 00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:28,851 We need to get better nutritious foods in school. 554 00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:30,929 And the only way to do that is by increasing 555 00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:31,922 the amount of the reimbursement. 556 00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:36,002 The Committee on Education and Labor will come to order. 557 00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:37,366 Good morning to everyone. 558 00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:41,320 This morning, we'll discuss a new bipartisan child nutrition legislation 559 00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:43,323 we introduced earlier this month to address 560 00:34:43,480 --> 00:34:46,051 critical health and economic needs in this country. 561 00:34:53,720 --> 00:34:56,405 As thinking adults, as fellow parents, 562 00:34:56,560 --> 00:34:59,962 this is an egregious abdication of our responsibility towards kids. 563 00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:01,921 Let's fund school programs at a spending level 564 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:03,920 that significantly raises the quality and variety 565 00:35:04,080 --> 00:35:05,206 of what schools can afford. 566 00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:09,887 A country as strong, as rich, as powerful as ours, 567 00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:12,321 and yet we have youngsters who are hungry? 568 00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:14,881 It's one of the reasons why Harry Truman in 1946 569 00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:16,246 established the school lunch program, 570 00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:20,371 because he recognized that a country was only as strong as its youth. 571 00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:24,206 Only 25% of youngsters in America today, 572 00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:28,126 ages 19 to 24, are fit for military service. 573 00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:30,487 And one of the principle reasons for that 574 00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:32,642 is that too many of our youngsters are overweight. 575 00:35:33,720 --> 00:35:37,361 The Institute of Medicine did a study of the nutritional value 576 00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:38,885 of the meals that we are currently serving 577 00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:40,326 to our children and found 578 00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:41,891 that there was too much fat, too much sugar, 579 00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:44,725 too much sodium, not enough fruits, not enough vegetables. 580 00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:48,043 There is obviously room for improvement. 581 00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:49,167 And that's why I'm here today 582 00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:51,721 to encourage this committee and this Congress 583 00:35:51,880 --> 00:35:54,611 to take action now, not to delay. 584 00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:57,047 There are concerns on both sides of the aisle 585 00:35:57,200 --> 00:35:58,565 by many members of Congress, 586 00:35:58,720 --> 00:36:00,131 and I think by the American people, 587 00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:03,363 that we don't have enough money to do everything we want to do. 588 00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:06,126 When it comes to domestic issues, 589 00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:08,408 the health and education of our nation's children, 590 00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:10,728 I think is one of our highest priorities. 591 00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:13,850 If we don't change the direction we're heading, 592 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:16,970 this generation will be the first to live sicker and die younger 593 00:36:17,120 --> 00:36:18,451 than their parents' generation. 594 00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:20,561 Check it out. 595 00:36:20,720 --> 00:36:22,927 I want to see how tall you are, okay? 596 00:36:23,080 --> 00:36:25,401 Okay. 597 00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:28,169 Thank you. High five. 598 00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:30,049 High five. 599 00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:31,645 Okay, since March of last year, 600 00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:34,087 did you ever eat less than you felt that you should 601 00:36:34,240 --> 00:36:35,730 because there wasn't enough money to buy food? 602 00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:37,046 Yes. 603 00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:38,531 Since March of last year 604 00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:40,409 did you ever cut the size of your meals 605 00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:43,040 or skip meals because there wasn't enough money for food? 606 00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:44,929 - Yeah. - Okay. 607 00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:46,441 How often did this happen? 608 00:36:46,560 --> 00:36:49,086 - It happens quite a lot. - Okay. 609 00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:52,801 Okay, okay, okay. 610 00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:54,644 I was really frustrated because I felt 611 00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:57,406 like anyone can see how touching those interviews are 612 00:36:57,560 --> 00:36:59,085 in the emergency room, 613 00:36:59,240 --> 00:37:01,368 A mother when she starts to cry 614 00:37:01,520 --> 00:37:04,410 'cause she's working, trying hard to take care of her kids, 615 00:37:04,560 --> 00:37:06,562 she's scared for the health of her child. 616 00:37:06,720 --> 00:37:10,247 We see that on a daily basis in the emergency room. 617 00:37:11,080 --> 00:37:12,889 But then I'd go to Congress, 618 00:37:13,080 --> 00:37:14,969 and I would announce the numbers 619 00:37:15,120 --> 00:37:17,009 and pronounce how important food stamps are. 620 00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:20,687 And I just felt like the legislators there were not really listening, 621 00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:22,211 that they could not relate. 622 00:37:22,360 --> 00:37:24,522 I felt like it's time for me to be quiet 623 00:37:24,720 --> 00:37:28,691 and give the power of framing the issue 624 00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:30,729 of food insecurity and hunger 625 00:37:30,880 --> 00:37:33,451 to the people who are experiencing hunger themselves. 626 00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:35,608 Everybody say, "Washington!" 627 00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:38,161 Washington! 628 00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:54,366 Here's the plan. 629 00:37:54,520 --> 00:37:58,445 At 11 :30, the reception at the Senate. 630 00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:01,001 Senator Casey will speak, I will speak, 631 00:38:01,160 --> 00:38:03,367 Tiana will speak, Barbie will speak. 632 00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:05,602 And every time that you have an opportunity, 633 00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:08,883 give your ideas for change, for what you need 634 00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:12,408 for the success and healthy life of your kids, okay? 635 00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:14,762 These guys are the ones who make it happen. 636 00:38:30,640 --> 00:38:32,369 I was the first mother in Witnesses to Hunger, 637 00:38:32,520 --> 00:38:35,888 and I didn't think anyone would take us seriously. 638 00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:38,048 But I am here to let everyone know 639 00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:40,168 that just because we live where we live, 640 00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:41,401 and come from where we come from, 641 00:38:41,560 --> 00:38:43,369 doesn't mean that we're not smart. 642 00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:45,363 It doesn't mean we don't have potential. 643 00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:48,251 It doesn't mean that we not... We do not want education, 644 00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:50,050 doesn't mean that we want to depend on welfare 645 00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:51,929 for the rest of our lives. 646 00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:55,163 I want the same hopes and dreams as everyone 647 00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:57,049 in this room for their children. 648 00:38:57,880 --> 00:39:00,963 We just need the opportunity to make it come true. 649 00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:05,806 Came from, and where we're at now 650 00:39:05,960 --> 00:39:08,486 and where we're going to be. 651 00:39:17,720 --> 00:39:20,644 As you walk through the Rotunda and you look at our pictures, 652 00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:24,088 look into our eyes, see our pain. 653 00:39:24,240 --> 00:39:26,481 Our pictures that you see in the exhibit 654 00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:28,881 demonstrate what we go through every day. 655 00:39:30,360 --> 00:39:33,330 This is un... 656 00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:36,290 It's unnecessary. 657 00:39:38,520 --> 00:39:40,121 One of the most important things 658 00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:44,205 about Witnesses to Hunger is the whole concept of change. 659 00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:47,085 This is not simply just empowerment for the women. 660 00:39:47,240 --> 00:39:53,009 This is about sincere and profound legislative change. 661 00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:56,806 McGOVERN: I know some of this stuff is not easy to talk about. 662 00:39:56,960 --> 00:39:59,406 But yet you're down here, and I am very, very grateful. 663 00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:02,211 And I feel food should be a right. 664 00:40:02,360 --> 00:40:04,169 We have a lot of lobbyists who come down here 665 00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:06,926 who get well-paid and talk about other things, so... 666 00:40:07,080 --> 00:40:09,040 You know, you're kind of a dream come true for me, 667 00:40:09,160 --> 00:40:11,367 because I want people to descend on Capitol Hill, 668 00:40:11,520 --> 00:40:14,330 you know, and talk about the need 669 00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:17,643 to make sure that we focus on issues 670 00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:20,326 dealing with poverty and hunger and nutritious food. 671 00:40:20,520 --> 00:40:21,681 Anyway, thank you for coming 672 00:40:21,840 --> 00:40:23,330 all the way up to the Rules Committee. 673 00:40:23,520 --> 00:40:24,601 Thank you so much. 674 00:40:24,760 --> 00:40:29,163 The Obama Administration takes this opportunity very seriously. 675 00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:31,727 The administration proposed an historic investment 676 00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:34,770 of $10 billion in additional funding over ten years. 677 00:40:34,920 --> 00:40:37,287 As we reauthorize the programs, 678 00:40:37,440 --> 00:40:40,489 have you been able to work through the budget process 679 00:40:40,640 --> 00:40:43,041 to determine whether we can pay for them? 680 00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:45,009 Senator, I think it's important 681 00:40:45,160 --> 00:40:50,326 to focus on what the cost of inaction and inactivity might be. 682 00:40:50,480 --> 00:40:52,847 And as you well know, Senator, from your experience, 683 00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:56,243 you fund your priorities. You fund your priorities. 684 00:40:56,400 --> 00:40:59,483 The President proposed an additional $1 billion a year 685 00:40:59,680 --> 00:41:01,603 to strengthen child nutrition programs. 686 00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:02,727 And he was very clear. 687 00:41:02,880 --> 00:41:06,009 Let's take that money away 688 00:41:06,160 --> 00:41:08,731 from some of the least justifiable payments 689 00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:11,008 to affluent landholders. 690 00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:15,529 Well, that part of his proposal died within 24 hours. 691 00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:18,331 Both the Ag committees said, "No way, you're not touching that." 692 00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:19,845 We want to thank everyone 693 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:21,604 as we begin the committee's work to reauthorize 694 00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:23,444 the Federal Child Nutrition Programs. 695 00:41:23,600 --> 00:41:25,728 Hopefully, we'll be able to work this out. 696 00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:29,527 I hate to pit agriculture against nutrition, 697 00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:32,365 would seem to be inconsistent. 698 00:41:32,520 --> 00:41:34,488 The Agriculture Committee is there 699 00:41:34,640 --> 00:41:37,849 to allocate lots of money to agribusiness, 700 00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:43,006 support and subsidize the prices of other agriculture products, 701 00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:48,451 and we're very sorry that we're not going to address fully childhood hunger. 702 00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:50,170 We are voting on yet another bill 703 00:41:50,360 --> 00:41:53,045 that calls for the government to grow, 704 00:41:53,200 --> 00:41:56,841 expand, spend more, and intrude more. 705 00:41:57,000 --> 00:41:58,650 I can't help but be reminded 706 00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:00,484 of the fact that my friends on the other side of the aisle 707 00:42:00,640 --> 00:42:02,608 have borrowed countless billions of dollars 708 00:42:02,760 --> 00:42:05,889 to pay for tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires. 709 00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:07,520 They have no problem with doing that. 710 00:42:26,560 --> 00:42:30,884 The critical investment this bill makes are completely paid for 711 00:42:31,040 --> 00:42:34,169 and will not add 1¢ to the national debt. 712 00:42:35,360 --> 00:42:38,364 The fact that they call it the Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act 713 00:42:38,520 --> 00:42:39,760 and then, at the same time, 714 00:42:39,920 --> 00:42:42,400 scoop money out of the food stamp program, 715 00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:44,210 that to me is a paradox. 716 00:42:44,360 --> 00:42:45,930 You can't just, like, push a tiny bit 717 00:42:46,120 --> 00:42:47,880 of mashed potatoes from one side of the plate 718 00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:49,960 to the other and say, "Okay, now we have fed you." 719 00:42:50,040 --> 00:42:51,565 McGOVERN: It's not a victory. 720 00:42:51,720 --> 00:42:54,041 You're taking money out of the mouths of poor people, 721 00:42:54,200 --> 00:42:56,168 and, yeah, you're putting it toward a good cause, 722 00:42:56,320 --> 00:42:57,560 which is child nutrition, but why are we... 723 00:42:57,760 --> 00:42:59,364 Why are we making this choice? 724 00:42:59,520 --> 00:43:02,490 The great temptation in Washington 725 00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:05,206 is to always take something away from those 726 00:43:05,360 --> 00:43:07,886 who, frankly, can't defend themselves. 727 00:43:09,080 --> 00:43:11,970 I think we spent maybe $700 billion 728 00:43:12,120 --> 00:43:13,884 on the banking and insurance bailout, 729 00:43:14,040 --> 00:43:16,884 so $4.5 billion is really just a fraction of that. 730 00:43:17,040 --> 00:43:20,203 It's kind of symptomatic of how lopsided 731 00:43:20,360 --> 00:43:23,170 things have become in Washington as a result of special interests 732 00:43:23,320 --> 00:43:25,926 that frankly control a lot of the Congressional agenda. 733 00:43:32,400 --> 00:43:33,811 As long as we have a system 734 00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:36,606 where corporates can fund election campaigns, 735 00:43:36,800 --> 00:43:39,451 we're going to have legislators who are more interested 736 00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:41,887 in corporate health than public health. 737 00:43:42,040 --> 00:43:43,644 It's just appalling. 738 00:43:43,800 --> 00:43:45,290 You know, if another country was doing this to our kids, 739 00:43:45,440 --> 00:43:46,726 we would be at war. 740 00:43:46,880 --> 00:43:49,281 This is, you know, it's just insane. 741 00:43:49,480 --> 00:43:51,721 And it doesn't have to be that way. 742 00:43:53,120 --> 00:43:56,602 These children, all of them, are Americans. 743 00:43:56,760 --> 00:43:58,683 And all of them are hungry. 744 00:43:58,840 --> 00:44:02,401 One of the most poignant things that occurred during the 1960s 745 00:44:02,560 --> 00:44:05,006 to really put hunger on the national agenda 746 00:44:05,200 --> 00:44:10,684 was a special hour-long documentary by CBS in 1968. 747 00:44:13,320 --> 00:44:16,164 Here for CBS Reports is Charles Kuralt. 748 00:44:16,320 --> 00:44:20,166 Food is the most basic of all human needs. 749 00:44:20,320 --> 00:44:23,688 Man can manage to live without shelter, without clothing, 750 00:44:23,840 --> 00:44:25,490 even without love. 751 00:44:25,680 --> 00:44:28,490 But man can't remain alive without food. 752 00:44:28,680 --> 00:44:31,923 We're talking about 10 million Americans. 753 00:44:32,080 --> 00:44:35,289 In this country, the most basic human need 754 00:44:35,480 --> 00:44:37,448 must become a human right. 755 00:44:38,600 --> 00:44:41,524 It galvanized public opinion in such a way 756 00:44:41,680 --> 00:44:44,650 that President Nixon and the Democratic leaders of Congress 757 00:44:44,800 --> 00:44:49,010 decided they had to do something about hunger at our time. 758 00:44:49,200 --> 00:44:51,567 The moment is at hand to put an end to hunger 759 00:44:51,720 --> 00:44:54,769 in America itself for all time. 760 00:44:54,960 --> 00:44:56,564 The past ten years now, the federal government 761 00:44:56,720 --> 00:44:59,610 has spent billions of dollars fighting hunger in America. 762 00:45:00,600 --> 00:45:02,967 They expanded the food stamp program 763 00:45:03,120 --> 00:45:05,088 to make it a national program, 764 00:45:05,240 --> 00:45:08,608 they expanded the elderly feeding programs, 765 00:45:08,760 --> 00:45:11,411 they instituted a school breakfast program 766 00:45:11,600 --> 00:45:13,045 to go along with the school lunch program 767 00:45:13,200 --> 00:45:15,567 which had gone back to the 1940s. 768 00:45:17,160 --> 00:45:19,242 It showed that public policy could work. 769 00:45:19,440 --> 00:45:23,764 Political will could work to make a difference in our country. 770 00:45:23,920 --> 00:45:26,287 Regular Americans rose up and demanded 771 00:45:26,440 --> 00:45:28,681 that we create a modern nutrition assistance safety net, 772 00:45:28,840 --> 00:45:33,084 which almost helped us almost end hunger entirely by the late 1970s. 773 00:45:33,240 --> 00:45:34,651 Joining us this morning from Washington, 774 00:45:34,800 --> 00:45:37,531 Jeff Bridges, the national spokesman for Share Our Strength, 775 00:45:37,680 --> 00:45:40,331 and also the group's founder and executive director Billy Shore. 776 00:45:40,480 --> 00:45:41,641 Welcome to both of you. 777 00:45:41,840 --> 00:45:42,966 Thanks forjoining us this morning. 778 00:45:43,120 --> 00:45:44,406 Good morning, Kyra. 779 00:45:44,560 --> 00:45:45,561 - Thank you. - Jeff, let me start with you. 780 00:45:45,760 --> 00:45:47,330 You've been passionate about this for a long time. 781 00:45:47,480 --> 00:45:50,324 I know that you founded the End Hunger Network back in 1983. 782 00:45:50,480 --> 00:45:52,209 - Mm-hmm. - Tell us about this new campaign, 783 00:45:52,360 --> 00:45:54,681 the No Kid Hungry campaign that launches today. 784 00:45:54,840 --> 00:45:56,046 We're in dire straits. 785 00:45:56,200 --> 00:45:58,248 We have 17 million of our children 786 00:45:58,440 --> 00:46:01,808 who are living in homes with food insecurity. 787 00:46:01,960 --> 00:46:06,204 And I believe no child in America should go hungry, 788 00:46:06,360 --> 00:46:08,488 and by taking this pledge, I'm adding my voice 789 00:46:08,640 --> 00:46:11,325 to the national movement of people who are committed 790 00:46:11,480 --> 00:46:15,087 to end childhood hunger in America by 2015. 791 00:46:16,320 --> 00:46:19,210 Back in the early '80s, when I went to a seminar 792 00:46:19,360 --> 00:46:21,249 about ending world hunger, 793 00:46:21,400 --> 00:46:24,210 hunger was pretty much handled in America. 794 00:46:24,360 --> 00:46:25,600 We had food stamps and the WIC program 795 00:46:25,800 --> 00:46:27,928 that were really keeping hunger at bay. 796 00:46:28,080 --> 00:46:32,244 And then these programs started to be underfunded. 797 00:46:33,480 --> 00:46:36,962 And I figured, well, you know, it's a little difficult to be telling 798 00:46:37,120 --> 00:46:38,884 some other country on how to handle hunger 799 00:46:39,040 --> 00:46:41,088 when we're not handling it ourselves. 800 00:46:41,240 --> 00:46:44,926 We virtually eradicated hunger in America in the 1970s, 801 00:46:45,080 --> 00:46:46,889 but it's back with a vengeance. 802 00:46:50,440 --> 00:46:51,566 People look back on the Reagan years, 803 00:46:51,720 --> 00:46:53,290 and particularly during the recession, 804 00:46:53,440 --> 00:46:54,840 and they saw several things happen. 805 00:46:54,920 --> 00:46:58,845 There were a lot of tax cuts, so the government's tax base shrunk. 806 00:46:59,040 --> 00:47:01,407 There was a big increase in defense spending. 807 00:47:01,560 --> 00:47:03,324 And so how is that going to be made up? 808 00:47:03,480 --> 00:47:07,246 It was made up by cutting the budgets of a lot of social programs. 809 00:47:18,200 --> 00:47:21,010 So at a time that need was going up more in the country, 810 00:47:21,160 --> 00:47:23,288 they cut the programs that made them less. 811 00:47:23,480 --> 00:47:25,244 And what popped out of that equation? 812 00:47:25,440 --> 00:47:27,363 More hungry people on the streets. 813 00:47:31,920 --> 00:47:36,323 The '80s created the myth that A: hungry people deserved it, 814 00:47:36,480 --> 00:47:40,166 and B: well, we could really fill in the gaps with charities. 815 00:47:42,680 --> 00:47:44,842 And so we had a proliferation. 816 00:47:45,000 --> 00:47:46,490 Of emergency responses. 817 00:47:46,640 --> 00:47:52,522 Soup kitchens, food pantries, moving from literally a shelf 818 00:47:52,720 --> 00:47:58,682 in the cupboard of the pastor's office to an operation with regular hours. 819 00:48:00,840 --> 00:48:03,730 Something changed during that period of time. 820 00:48:03,960 --> 00:48:07,089 There developed this ethos that government was doing too much. 821 00:48:07,240 --> 00:48:10,687 And more importantly, the private sector's wonderful. 822 00:48:10,840 --> 00:48:12,922 And let's feed people through charity. 823 00:48:23,360 --> 00:48:25,249 We have basically created 824 00:48:25,400 --> 00:48:29,610 a kind of secondary food system for the poor in this country. 825 00:48:29,800 --> 00:48:31,882 Millions and millions of Americans, 826 00:48:32,040 --> 00:48:33,849 as many as 50 million Americans, 827 00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:36,606 rely on charitable food programs 828 00:48:36,760 --> 00:48:39,923 for some part of meeting their basic food needs. 829 00:48:51,080 --> 00:48:54,209 431 and 451 for backpacks for this week. 830 00:48:55,760 --> 00:48:58,843 Every Wednesday we go down and get a trailer full of food 831 00:48:59,000 --> 00:49:00,923 from Food Bank of the Rockies. 832 00:49:03,120 --> 00:49:04,485 The problem that we run into 833 00:49:04,640 --> 00:49:08,440 in small towns is that the income level has gone down, 834 00:49:08,600 --> 00:49:10,250 the jobs are minimal, 835 00:49:10,400 --> 00:49:13,165 the second- and third-generation people 836 00:49:13,320 --> 00:49:15,561 are having to leave the area to find work. 837 00:49:22,000 --> 00:49:24,048 Ten years ago or so, when we started this, 838 00:49:24,200 --> 00:49:26,965 my wife and I had purchased an old Suburban. 839 00:49:27,120 --> 00:49:30,408 And I remember driving it to the food bank 840 00:49:30,560 --> 00:49:32,608 and being excited about backing up 841 00:49:32,760 --> 00:49:36,287 and filling that Suburban with 10 to 15 boxes of food, 842 00:49:36,440 --> 00:49:38,807 and thinking we were really making a difference in our community. 843 00:49:38,960 --> 00:49:43,841 And after a year and a half, we bought a little single-axle trailer 844 00:49:44,040 --> 00:49:45,760 that we could put two pallets of food in it. 845 00:49:45,880 --> 00:49:47,564 And we thought we had really arrived, that that... 846 00:49:47,720 --> 00:49:49,051 We could certainly meet the needs 847 00:49:49,200 --> 00:49:50,611 of the community with two pallets of food. 848 00:49:50,760 --> 00:49:55,402 And four years ago, a gentleman from our church 849 00:49:55,560 --> 00:50:00,327 donated this trailer and now we're doing four pallets twice a week. 850 00:50:00,480 --> 00:50:02,005 And it's... It's amazing how the need 851 00:50:02,160 --> 00:50:05,369 has increased over the ten years. 852 00:50:18,040 --> 00:50:22,602 About a month ago, we had three officers including myself. 853 00:50:22,760 --> 00:50:25,889 However, due to budget constraints, we're now down to just me. 854 00:50:27,200 --> 00:50:28,850 It was always kind of a prideful thing 855 00:50:29,040 --> 00:50:30,769 that I never needed anybody's help. 856 00:50:30,960 --> 00:50:35,124 Unfortunately, I haven't received a pay raise in four years. 857 00:50:35,280 --> 00:50:38,011 And what I used to spend on a month in groceries 858 00:50:38,160 --> 00:50:40,003 now gets me about two weeks. 859 00:50:46,040 --> 00:50:49,522 I have utilized Pastor Bob's food bank. 860 00:50:50,880 --> 00:50:53,850 The way it makes me feel, it's very humiliating. 861 00:50:54,000 --> 00:50:56,970 Uh, well, incorrect. That... It's not humiliating. 862 00:50:57,120 --> 00:51:00,522 It's, um, very grounding. 863 00:51:02,680 --> 00:51:05,047 The stereotype of food banks is always 864 00:51:05,200 --> 00:51:08,204 for the unemployed or the disabled, 865 00:51:08,360 --> 00:51:10,567 people that can't go out and get a job. 866 00:51:10,720 --> 00:51:14,088 That's not always the case. 867 00:51:14,240 --> 00:51:16,641 Sometimes in life, you just get to points 868 00:51:16,840 --> 00:51:18,490 where you need a little extra help. 869 00:51:29,240 --> 00:51:31,049 [shouts 1. 870 00:51:31,200 --> 00:51:33,680 Ranching is a good part of life. 871 00:51:33,840 --> 00:51:35,205 It's a lot of work. 872 00:51:35,400 --> 00:51:36,561 But it's an honest... 873 00:51:36,720 --> 00:51:38,722 Actually, it's an honest trade. 874 00:51:40,040 --> 00:51:43,010 But the way the economy and everything has gone south, 875 00:51:43,200 --> 00:51:45,931 I have had to go find another job out of the house. 876 00:51:46,960 --> 00:51:49,691 So I work on the ranch from 7:00 in the morning 877 00:51:49,840 --> 00:51:51,046 till 3:00 in the afternoon. 878 00:51:51,200 --> 00:51:52,804 And then at 3:00 in the afternoon 879 00:51:53,000 --> 00:51:56,368 till 11:00 at night, I got down and clean the school. 880 00:51:56,520 --> 00:52:01,048 ♪ And a secret ♪ 881 00:52:01,200 --> 00:52:02,964 ♪ In an envelope ♪ 882 00:52:03,120 --> 00:52:04,929 It's a good job. It's close to home. 883 00:52:06,720 --> 00:52:10,805 There's a lot that you... You worry about. 884 00:52:12,080 --> 00:52:14,208 Your kids is the main one. 885 00:52:14,400 --> 00:52:16,721 And that's part of the reason I did take a second job 886 00:52:16,880 --> 00:52:20,043 is so I can help buy groceries 887 00:52:20,240 --> 00:52:22,083 and put food on the table for my kids. 888 00:52:22,280 --> 00:52:23,486 Come on, dogs. 889 00:52:40,920 --> 00:52:42,126 Don't touch and don't look. 890 00:52:42,280 --> 00:52:44,123 Cool. 891 00:52:46,600 --> 00:52:48,364 Pastor Bob and his wife, 892 00:52:48,560 --> 00:52:50,642 they do give 'em a warm meal after school. 893 00:52:55,000 --> 00:52:56,968 - Hi, Daddy. - Howdy. 894 00:52:57,800 --> 00:52:59,723 It helps, you know. 895 00:53:01,480 --> 00:53:04,006 It's getting harder to try to figure out 896 00:53:04,280 --> 00:53:06,442 how to make all your ends meet. 897 00:53:08,360 --> 00:53:11,125 But you gotta do what you have to do 898 00:53:11,280 --> 00:53:14,966 to help support what you created, you know. 899 00:53:30,680 --> 00:53:31,761 All right. Do you need help? 900 00:53:31,800 --> 00:53:33,131 - Nope. - Okay. Thank you. 901 00:53:33,280 --> 00:53:34,202 I'll grab three off there as I go by. 902 00:53:34,360 --> 00:53:37,443 I was one of those kids that was hungry. 903 00:53:37,600 --> 00:53:38,840 Growing up, it was difficult, 904 00:53:39,000 --> 00:53:40,561 because I could see how difficult it was 905 00:53:40,640 --> 00:53:43,007 for my mother when she would return from the food bank. 906 00:53:43,160 --> 00:53:44,241 It was embarrassing. 907 00:53:45,400 --> 00:53:47,402 I remember I was in second grade, 908 00:53:47,560 --> 00:53:49,528 and just remembering opened up the refrigerator 909 00:53:49,680 --> 00:53:52,126 for, like, the first time in my life and going, "Wow." 910 00:53:52,280 --> 00:53:53,645 I'm one of those kids, you know, 911 00:53:53,800 --> 00:53:55,760 that you hear about on TV, or you see about on TV. 912 00:53:55,880 --> 00:53:58,884 There was, like, two carrots in the bottom of the crisper. 913 00:53:59,040 --> 00:54:03,443 And I just remembered thinking, "What are we gonna do?" 914 00:54:06,680 --> 00:54:10,480 I deliver food bags every week from the food bank at our local church. 915 00:54:10,680 --> 00:54:14,162 It's uncomfortable sometimes, so what I've tried to do is 916 00:54:14,320 --> 00:54:16,527 get an understanding of their schedules, 917 00:54:16,680 --> 00:54:18,842 and then drop it off and leave it, 918 00:54:19,000 --> 00:54:20,490 so it's not that added pressure. 919 00:54:20,640 --> 00:54:21,641 And I know that they're thankful, 920 00:54:21,800 --> 00:54:24,007 because it's gone when I come back. 921 00:54:28,720 --> 00:54:30,400 I know how I operated. It wasn't very good. 922 00:54:30,520 --> 00:54:31,931 I didn't do well in school. 923 00:54:32,120 --> 00:54:34,088 I didn't have that great of attendance. 924 00:54:34,240 --> 00:54:38,802 And I just felt like I kind of lived 925 00:54:39,000 --> 00:54:41,970 under this umbrella of feeling inferior to others. 926 00:54:48,960 --> 00:54:50,724 It messes with you. 927 00:54:51,720 --> 00:54:54,246 It's just still always there. 928 00:55:03,040 --> 00:55:04,644 Rosie just really struggles. 929 00:55:04,800 --> 00:55:07,007 You know, she was significantly behind. 930 00:55:07,160 --> 00:55:09,208 But despite all of that, she tries so hard 931 00:55:09,360 --> 00:55:11,249 to be so positive all the time. 932 00:55:12,800 --> 00:55:15,326 One of my own personal missions was 933 00:55:15,480 --> 00:55:16,811 to try to see if there was something I could do 934 00:55:17,000 --> 00:55:18,240 that could make a difference. 935 00:55:18,400 --> 00:55:21,131 And I asked her if she'd be interested in the food bags. 936 00:55:21,280 --> 00:55:22,566 And she was very excited. 937 00:55:24,160 --> 00:55:25,207 We could do with another one. 938 00:55:26,800 --> 00:55:28,131 You want cake for breakfast, right, Rose? 939 00:55:28,280 --> 00:55:30,521 - Yeah. - Yeah? All right. 940 00:55:30,720 --> 00:55:32,245 - I'll take that in for you. - Okay. 941 00:55:32,400 --> 00:55:33,640 You guys got your hands full. 942 00:55:33,800 --> 00:55:34,881 - I'll just walk it in for you. - Okay. 943 00:55:35,040 --> 00:55:36,565 All rightv- 944 00:55:36,720 --> 00:55:39,007 - How are you, Miss Nichols? - I'm good, thanks. 945 00:55:39,160 --> 00:55:42,243 You ready for your last big week of school before Christmas? 946 00:55:42,440 --> 00:55:43,851 - Yeah. - Yeah? 947 00:55:44,840 --> 00:55:46,444 O K3)! 948 00:55:52,360 --> 00:55:53,930 Blah. There we go. 949 00:55:55,120 --> 00:55:57,441 Okay, a bunch of graham crackers. 950 00:55:58,800 --> 00:56:00,325 Mrs. Nichols comes about once a week. 951 00:56:00,480 --> 00:56:02,369 It's eight bags that she brings. 952 00:56:02,520 --> 00:56:05,091 There might be potatoes. There might be bread. 953 00:56:05,240 --> 00:56:08,528 You know, right now, I think we have 30 jars of peanut butter. 954 00:56:08,680 --> 00:56:12,048 That's just one of the things that Mrs. Nichols brings out right now. 955 00:56:12,200 --> 00:56:15,010 There's always some kind of soups, 956 00:56:15,160 --> 00:56:17,481 Spaghettios, a lot of snacks. 957 00:56:19,560 --> 00:56:22,040 I like these. 958 00:56:22,200 --> 00:56:24,009 Ooh, now these ones... 959 00:56:24,160 --> 00:56:28,006 Sometimes, I will admit, I do feel a little bit guilty 960 00:56:28,160 --> 00:56:30,925 bringing 'em food bags, because it's starch, 961 00:56:31,080 --> 00:56:33,731 it's lots of carbohydrates, it's lots of sugars 962 00:56:33,880 --> 00:56:35,882 and other chemicals. 963 00:56:36,040 --> 00:56:38,486 Grandma, we got apple pie bars. 964 00:56:38,640 --> 00:56:39,846 Oh, awesome. 965 00:56:40,040 --> 00:56:41,371 Apple pie. 966 00:56:42,480 --> 00:56:44,926 In a perfect world, you would want it to be 967 00:56:45,080 --> 00:56:47,560 as well-balanced as you could make it, 968 00:56:47,720 --> 00:56:51,805 but the reality is you get what you can. 969 00:56:51,960 --> 00:56:54,611 And giving something is certainly more than nothing. 970 00:56:54,800 --> 00:56:56,882 And so you just kind of find a little bit of... 971 00:56:58,920 --> 00:57:01,730 I guess reassurance in knowing that you are making a difference, 972 00:57:01,880 --> 00:57:03,689 even though it's not perfect. 973 00:57:05,280 --> 00:57:07,567 Okay. Give these three... 974 00:57:07,720 --> 00:57:09,449 - Are you gonna take 'em all? - Yeah, I got 'em. 975 00:57:09,600 --> 00:57:10,522 All right. Thank you. 976 00:57:10,680 --> 00:57:11,920 - Good job on your basketball game. - Thank you. 977 00:57:12,080 --> 00:57:13,889 That's something that's extremely important. 978 00:57:14,040 --> 00:57:16,360 The churches and the community groups that do hand out food 979 00:57:16,480 --> 00:57:18,847 are doing an incredible service to this country 980 00:57:19,000 --> 00:57:21,367 and to the children that are experiencing hunger. 981 00:57:21,520 --> 00:57:24,763 But that's just a quick fix. That's for today and tomorrow, 982 00:57:24,960 --> 00:57:26,610 maybe for next week. 983 00:57:26,760 --> 00:57:28,524 We call it emergency food. 984 00:57:28,680 --> 00:57:30,250 It's no longer emergency food. 985 00:57:30,400 --> 00:57:33,722 This is called chronic use of a broken system 986 00:57:33,880 --> 00:57:36,201 for which people cannot be held accountable. 987 00:57:38,480 --> 00:57:40,681 If people are gonna be relying on this food 988 00:57:40,760 --> 00:57:44,685 as a significant portion of their food intake over time, 989 00:57:44,840 --> 00:57:46,365 then we do need to pay attention 990 00:57:46,560 --> 00:57:48,688 to what kind of food are they getting? 991 00:57:52,000 --> 00:57:53,923 Charity is a great thing, 992 00:57:54,080 --> 00:57:55,809 but it's not the way to end hunger. 993 00:57:58,160 --> 00:58:00,003 We don't fund our Department of Defense 994 00:58:00,200 --> 00:58:02,123 through charity, you know. 995 00:58:02,280 --> 00:58:05,090 We shouldn't, you know, see that our kids are healthy 996 00:58:05,240 --> 00:58:06,401 through charity either. 997 00:58:06,560 --> 00:58:09,609 There should be, you know, something that... 998 00:58:09,760 --> 00:58:12,240 In our country, in America, the richest country in the world, 999 00:58:12,400 --> 00:58:15,244 you know, we should, you know, take care of our kids. 1000 00:58:20,080 --> 00:58:22,401 We have tried 1,000 points of light. 1001 00:58:22,600 --> 00:58:24,125 We have tried it in spades. 1002 00:58:24,280 --> 00:58:27,921 But with all that expansion of private feeding, 1003 00:58:28,080 --> 00:58:31,527 all of that effort, especially by the faith communities, 1004 00:58:31,680 --> 00:58:33,205 we have not reduced hunger. 1005 00:58:37,720 --> 00:58:40,451 Our legislators only think of the cost of hunger in America 1006 00:58:40,600 --> 00:58:43,683 as being what it is that they spend on food stamps. 1007 00:58:43,840 --> 00:58:46,047 But the genuine cost of hunger in America 1008 00:58:46,200 --> 00:58:47,611 is way, way higher. 1009 00:58:52,160 --> 00:58:54,242 - Hey, Mr. Broom. - Hey, Doc. How you doing? 1010 00:58:54,400 --> 00:58:56,520 I gotta get a forklift to get your chart out the door. 1011 00:58:56,600 --> 00:58:58,443 What do you think? 1012 00:58:58,600 --> 00:59:00,170 You gotta roll around on a cart. 1013 00:59:00,320 --> 00:59:02,402 Yeah. How you doing today? 1014 00:59:02,600 --> 00:59:05,410 - Not too good, Doc. - Uh-oh. 1015 00:59:05,600 --> 00:59:07,125 Where have you noticed the swelling at? 1016 00:59:07,280 --> 00:59:09,169 My legs again. 1017 00:59:11,720 --> 00:59:14,803 And the fluids get all riled and jump up, and I just... 1018 00:59:14,960 --> 00:59:17,531 Oh, I mean, I be scared to lay back down. 1019 00:59:17,680 --> 00:59:20,490 I just sit on the side of the bed and halfway doze. 1020 00:59:20,640 --> 00:59:23,007 Okay, for the last couple of days, how have you been doing? 1021 00:59:23,840 --> 00:59:28,050 Uh, if I walk ten steps, I get out of breath. 1022 00:59:28,200 --> 00:59:30,931 Obesity makes all other medical problems worse. 1023 00:59:31,080 --> 00:59:33,367 High blood pressure, diabetes. 1024 00:59:33,520 --> 00:59:35,443 We probably diagnose new cases of diabetes 1025 00:59:35,600 --> 00:59:37,170 four, five, six times a week. 1026 00:59:37,320 --> 00:59:39,926 This is Dr. Booker. I need a telemetry bed 1027 00:59:40,080 --> 00:59:42,208 - for Mr. John Broom. - John Broom. 1028 00:59:42,360 --> 00:59:45,603 Congestive heart failure. I'm going to directly admit him. 1029 00:59:45,760 --> 00:59:48,127 He's gonna bring his orders by the emergency room. 1030 01:00:01,080 --> 01:00:03,367 Those younger people who are developing those diseases 1031 01:00:03,520 --> 01:00:04,851 at an early age are gonna get 1032 01:00:05,000 --> 01:00:06,923 the end-stage complications a lot earlier. 1033 01:00:08,320 --> 01:00:10,891 So education is what it's gonna take 1034 01:00:11,080 --> 01:00:12,411 to get people to do what they need to do 1035 01:00:12,560 --> 01:00:14,130 to reduce some of these problems. 1036 01:00:14,280 --> 01:00:16,203 And we need to start it very early on. 1037 01:00:19,920 --> 01:00:21,445 At the bathroom, line up at the door. 1038 01:00:21,600 --> 01:00:25,605 I am Odessa Cherry. I am a second-grade teacher 1039 01:00:25,760 --> 01:00:27,410 here at Jonestown Elementary School. 1040 01:00:27,600 --> 01:00:30,410 Love it. I've been teaching over 17 years. 1041 01:00:30,600 --> 01:00:31,647 I love the babies. 1042 01:00:33,600 --> 01:00:35,409 I was diagnosed with diabetes. 1043 01:00:35,560 --> 01:00:38,564 And it's been about a year... almost a year. 1044 01:00:38,720 --> 01:00:41,041 And when I was first diagnosed, 1045 01:00:41,240 --> 01:00:43,766 I told the doctor, "I don't want the pill." 1046 01:00:43,920 --> 01:00:47,447 "I think I can do it with just diet." 1047 01:00:47,600 --> 01:00:49,728 And so that was the one thing that really 1048 01:00:49,880 --> 01:00:52,008 got me to thinking about what you're eating. 1049 01:00:52,160 --> 01:00:54,447 Oh, check it out. Did y'all see that? 1050 01:00:54,600 --> 01:00:56,045 Is that what... Is that what sparked 1051 01:00:56,200 --> 01:00:57,690 y'all talkin' about what he said, huh? 1052 01:00:57,880 --> 01:00:59,241 'Cause I was wondering what it was. 1053 01:01:00,680 --> 01:01:02,080 And when the change started, 1054 01:01:02,200 --> 01:01:04,601 everybody was, like, "What, no fried chicken? 1055 01:01:04,880 --> 01:01:06,689 "No fried fish?" That was the biggest thing, 1056 01:01:06,840 --> 01:01:10,447 that fried fish, 'cause we love catfish in this area. 1057 01:01:10,640 --> 01:01:13,564 I mean, if it's not fried, it's not fish, so... 1058 01:01:14,720 --> 01:01:16,688 And it was just, "I don't eat that." 1059 01:01:16,840 --> 01:01:19,810 "I don't eat this. I don't like that. I don't like... ." 1060 01:01:19,960 --> 01:01:21,530 And I'm like, "Have you tried it?" 1061 01:01:21,680 --> 01:01:23,045 And I have many of 'em say, "No." 1062 01:01:23,240 --> 01:01:25,447 And so I'm saying, "Try it." 1063 01:01:25,600 --> 01:01:27,887 And I'm trying to force myself to try it because, 1064 01:01:28,040 --> 01:01:29,690 you know, this is new to me. 1065 01:01:29,840 --> 01:01:33,003 And once you eat it, it's like, "That's not bad." 1066 01:01:34,320 --> 01:01:37,802 Now, that helped me to understand the impact 1067 01:01:38,000 --> 01:01:40,970 that we can have on our children. 1068 01:01:41,120 --> 01:01:43,487 And the younger they are, the better. 1069 01:01:44,440 --> 01:01:46,681 Awareness is the beginning. 1070 01:02:01,000 --> 01:02:04,243 You did good. Yeah. 1071 01:02:12,880 --> 01:02:16,043 This is a kitchen. 1072 01:02:16,200 --> 01:02:19,682 This is our table, and this is our microwave. 1073 01:02:19,880 --> 01:02:21,723 If you want tea, just push "hot water,". 1074 01:02:21,920 --> 01:02:23,888 And then it goes. 1075 01:02:24,040 --> 01:02:25,724 And it's really cool. 1076 01:02:25,880 --> 01:02:29,043 And this is our box where we put all of our food 1077 01:02:29,200 --> 01:02:33,091 that we get from the food bank and from Miss Nichols. 1078 01:02:33,240 --> 01:02:34,969 And this is our bedroom. 1079 01:02:37,000 --> 01:02:38,968 Excuse me... 1080 01:02:39,120 --> 01:02:41,885 It's not that pleasant. 1081 01:02:45,400 --> 01:02:47,562 This is where I sleep, right on this pillow. 1082 01:02:47,720 --> 01:02:50,644 This is where my sister sleeps with her dog. 1083 01:02:50,800 --> 01:02:54,441 And this is where we have... put all of our clothes. 1084 01:02:56,800 --> 01:02:58,689 When my friends come over, I get embarrassed 1085 01:02:58,840 --> 01:03:01,127 because they have bigger rooms than I do. 1086 01:03:01,280 --> 01:03:04,090 And, well, we try to keep it clean. 1087 01:03:04,240 --> 01:03:07,050 And I put flowers up because I just wanted 1088 01:03:07,200 --> 01:03:09,521 to decorate it and make it look nice. 1089 01:03:24,800 --> 01:03:26,290 Kitty. 1090 01:03:26,440 --> 01:03:29,410 Is it that people are going hungry because of a shortage of food? 1091 01:03:29,560 --> 01:03:30,641 No, it is not. 1092 01:03:30,800 --> 01:03:32,165 The reason people are going hungry 1093 01:03:32,320 --> 01:03:33,760 is not because of a shortage of food. 1094 01:03:33,880 --> 01:03:34,961 It's because of poverty. 1095 01:03:35,160 --> 01:03:37,288 Then, all of a sudden, you're in a different question. 1096 01:03:37,440 --> 01:03:40,011 You're not asking, "Why is there insufficient food?" 1097 01:03:40,160 --> 01:03:42,288 which is this sort of very beneficent question. 1098 01:03:42,440 --> 01:03:45,410 But it turns out to be, "Why are people poor?" 1099 01:03:45,560 --> 01:03:47,210 And right there, you're in a political question, 1100 01:03:47,360 --> 01:03:49,840 and one that's far more difficult to answer, 1101 01:03:50,000 --> 01:03:52,480 and involves asking questions about power, 1102 01:03:52,680 --> 01:03:57,208 and about, you know, class, and about inequality, 1103 01:03:57,360 --> 01:03:59,249 and the persistent inequality in this country. 1104 01:03:59,400 --> 01:04:00,961 And that's a much harder question to ask 1105 01:04:01,080 --> 01:04:03,845 than the question about, well, is there enough food in America? 1106 01:04:04,000 --> 01:04:05,764 To which, clearly, the answer is yes. 1107 01:04:08,560 --> 01:04:11,211 Barbie, you got it. 1108 01:04:11,360 --> 01:04:12,771 So have a seat. 1109 01:04:12,920 --> 01:04:15,491 And, Mariana, I'm gonna stick you over here. 1110 01:04:15,640 --> 01:04:19,247 From WHYY in Philadelphia, this is Radio Times. 1111 01:04:19,400 --> 01:04:20,640 I'm Marty Moss-Coane. 1112 01:04:20,800 --> 01:04:22,643 And today on the show, what does it mean 1113 01:04:22,800 --> 01:04:24,325 to be "food insecure"? 1114 01:04:24,480 --> 01:04:26,050 I mean, we shouldn't be surprised 1115 01:04:26,200 --> 01:04:28,320 that there are... that there's hunger in this country, 1116 01:04:28,440 --> 01:04:30,044 when you look at the level of poverty. 1117 01:04:30,200 --> 01:04:31,929 And I wonder just how much of a... 1118 01:04:32,080 --> 01:04:34,003 sort of denial there is out there. 1119 01:04:34,160 --> 01:04:37,164 And, of course, we are still, as I think's true today, 1120 01:04:37,320 --> 01:04:38,641 the richest country in the world. 1121 01:04:38,760 --> 01:04:41,127 And this disconnect between all this wealth 1122 01:04:41,280 --> 01:04:42,645 and people that don't have enough. 1123 01:04:42,800 --> 01:04:44,689 If you look at the food insecurity numbers 1124 01:04:44,840 --> 01:04:48,128 in this country, 85% of those families 1125 01:04:48,320 --> 01:04:52,370 that are food insecure have at least one working adult in the household. 1126 01:04:52,520 --> 01:04:54,807 So from my perspective, how do people get out of poverty? 1127 01:04:54,960 --> 01:04:57,531 They get... They earn a living wage. 1128 01:04:57,680 --> 01:05:01,002 And so I think we need to turn it around to accountability. 1129 01:05:01,160 --> 01:05:02,650 It's government accountability. 1130 01:05:02,800 --> 01:05:04,484 It's also corporate accountability for ensuring 1131 01:05:04,640 --> 01:05:06,722 that people get living wages. 1132 01:05:06,920 --> 01:05:11,403 I mean, it sounds like a lot of emotional stress 1133 01:05:11,560 --> 01:05:12,846 and strain that you both have. 1134 01:05:13,000 --> 01:05:14,923 - The humiliation of it? - Yes. 1135 01:05:15,080 --> 01:05:18,209 Being labeled as "low income" is shameful in itself. 1136 01:05:18,360 --> 01:05:19,850 It's the reality, but you don't want to admit 1137 01:05:20,000 --> 01:05:21,525 that, okay, I am of low income. 1138 01:05:21,680 --> 01:05:23,205 Or because of we're of low income, 1139 01:05:23,360 --> 01:05:24,850 we have to stand in this line 1140 01:05:25,000 --> 01:05:27,606 and receive food from whoever wants to give it to us. 1141 01:05:27,760 --> 01:05:29,967 - So I think... That's what... - That's tough. 1142 01:05:30,120 --> 01:05:32,407 Yeah, how about for you, Crystal? 1143 01:05:32,560 --> 01:05:36,963 It seems like America has turned a blind eye 1144 01:05:37,160 --> 01:05:40,960 to the fact that people are hungry on a day-to-day basis. 1145 01:05:41,160 --> 01:05:43,128 It's not just women. 1146 01:05:43,280 --> 01:05:45,681 There's men who are raising their children. 1147 01:05:45,840 --> 01:05:50,084 There are two-parent households who go to work every day, 1148 01:05:50,240 --> 01:05:53,289 and still have to turn to public assistance 1149 01:05:53,440 --> 01:05:55,568 to sustain their families, 1150 01:05:55,760 --> 01:05:57,489 which makes no sense. 1151 01:05:57,680 --> 01:06:00,524 Which is our bus? 1152 01:06:00,720 --> 01:06:02,324 We gotta watch out for the bus. 1153 01:06:05,680 --> 01:06:07,489 Do I got toothpaste on my face? 1154 01:06:08,600 --> 01:06:10,682 No? Okay. 1155 01:06:15,480 --> 01:06:16,686 No. 1156 01:06:18,320 --> 01:06:19,367 Yeah. 1157 01:06:19,520 --> 01:06:20,931 - No. - Mm-hmm. 1158 01:06:21,120 --> 01:06:22,326 Mm-mm. 1159 01:06:22,480 --> 01:06:24,050 - Yep. - Uh-uh. 1160 01:06:24,200 --> 01:06:26,441 There's a difference in your step. 1161 01:06:26,600 --> 01:06:28,807 Like, when you're on your way to work, 1162 01:06:29,000 --> 01:06:31,651 and you know that "I'm going to work now..." 1163 01:06:31,840 --> 01:06:34,446 it's a different type of walk that you... 1164 01:06:34,600 --> 01:06:36,489 A different pace to your walk. 1165 01:06:52,640 --> 01:06:54,483 Okay. 1166 01:06:57,560 --> 01:06:59,847 Thank you for calling the food stamp hotline. 1167 01:07:00,000 --> 01:07:01,331 How can I help you? 1168 01:07:01,480 --> 01:07:03,767 Okay, so according to the information 1169 01:07:03,920 --> 01:07:05,410 that you've given me, it's telling me 1170 01:07:05,560 --> 01:07:09,804 you're eligible for about $16 in food stamps. 1171 01:07:10,000 --> 01:07:12,241 Do you have any other questions? 1172 01:07:13,640 --> 01:07:15,847 It's hectic sometimes, 1173 01:07:16,000 --> 01:07:19,800 but I just look at it as though every day 1174 01:07:19,960 --> 01:07:23,328 I have the chance to put food in someone's mouth. 1175 01:07:23,480 --> 01:07:26,848 Not directly, but I know what it's like to be turned down. 1176 01:07:27,000 --> 01:07:31,289 And now I'm on the other side, so it makes me feel good. 1177 01:07:31,480 --> 01:07:33,881 Oh, my God, I'm gonna cry... 1178 01:07:40,560 --> 01:07:42,688 - Y'all want this? - What? 1179 01:07:42,840 --> 01:07:44,285 - No. - Why not? 1180 01:07:44,440 --> 01:07:45,601 Because. 1181 01:07:45,760 --> 01:07:49,890 Um, eat, um... sandwich. 1182 01:07:50,080 --> 01:07:52,162 All right, but you need to eat food. 1183 01:07:52,320 --> 01:07:54,402 - We ate food. - What you ate? 1184 01:07:54,560 --> 01:07:57,530 We ate chips. 1185 01:07:57,680 --> 01:07:59,170 That's not food. 1186 01:08:01,960 --> 01:08:03,769 That's it. 1187 01:08:03,920 --> 01:08:07,322 I want to eat, too. 1188 01:08:11,360 --> 01:08:13,601 - The meatballs. - Who's gonna help me? 1189 01:08:13,760 --> 01:08:16,730 - Me. Me. - Wait, Mommy. 1190 01:08:16,880 --> 01:08:18,609 Hold it. 1191 01:08:18,760 --> 01:08:20,489 Anyone can sit there and tell you, 1192 01:08:20,640 --> 01:08:22,005 "Oh, I've been through this, I've been through that." 1193 01:08:22,200 --> 01:08:23,406 "I got through it." 1194 01:08:23,560 --> 01:08:24,891 Yeah, I've been through this, I've been through that, 1195 01:08:25,040 --> 01:08:26,087 I got through it, but if you open my fridge, 1196 01:08:26,240 --> 01:08:28,163 I'm there again. 1197 01:08:29,400 --> 01:08:31,402 Five days into the month. 1198 01:08:31,560 --> 01:08:32,840 And I'm gonna be there next month 1199 01:08:32,960 --> 01:08:34,325 and the month after that. 1200 01:08:35,880 --> 01:08:37,405 It gets tiring. 1201 01:08:38,920 --> 01:08:41,571 Oh, we're good. Let it go. 1202 01:08:45,080 --> 01:08:46,764 I was gonna help you again. 1203 01:08:46,920 --> 01:08:48,843 - No. - That's it? 1204 01:08:51,080 --> 01:08:52,286 Lalani. 1205 01:08:53,680 --> 01:08:55,284 When I was on food stamps, 1206 01:08:55,480 --> 01:08:58,802 I didn't have to worry about my kids not eating. 1207 01:08:58,960 --> 01:09:02,282 It was just how can I make it stretch? 1208 01:09:02,440 --> 01:09:05,250 You know, I might have to take a little bit from this day. 1209 01:09:05,400 --> 01:09:07,767 It was more about balancing everything, 1210 01:09:07,920 --> 01:09:10,207 where now we have nothing. 1211 01:09:26,160 --> 01:09:27,924 I literally have nothing left. 1212 01:09:28,080 --> 01:09:30,128 Like, I'm gonna give 'em a Hot Pocket for dinner tomorrow. 1213 01:09:30,280 --> 01:09:33,409 What am I supposed to do? What do I give them? 1214 01:09:37,800 --> 01:09:38,881 Yeah. 1215 01:09:42,080 --> 01:09:44,321 We have to put a system in place where people get... 1216 01:09:44,480 --> 01:09:47,723 and have enough time... to get themselves back on their feet. 1217 01:09:47,880 --> 01:09:49,400 It's not like you get a full-time job, 1218 01:09:49,480 --> 01:09:50,686 the next month you're off of food stamps, 1219 01:09:50,840 --> 01:09:52,171 and all is... all is well. 1220 01:09:52,320 --> 01:09:53,685 It doesn't happen that way. 1221 01:09:53,840 --> 01:09:57,481 We don't have a food policy in this country to address hunger. 1222 01:09:57,640 --> 01:10:00,291 We never have. We have a welfare system 1223 01:10:00,440 --> 01:10:04,490 that is very limited in its ability to get people on their feet, 1224 01:10:04,640 --> 01:10:06,324 which is what you really want, 1225 01:10:06,480 --> 01:10:08,880 is you want to empower people to be able to make enough money 1226 01:10:09,000 --> 01:10:11,890 to buy their own food and take care of their own needs. 1227 01:10:12,040 --> 01:10:13,929 We don't have anything that does that. 1228 01:10:17,240 --> 01:10:19,720 We sort of have this love-hate relationship 1229 01:10:19,880 --> 01:10:22,486 with poverty and the poor. 1230 01:10:22,640 --> 01:10:24,881 On the one hand, you know, we have a wonderful history 1231 01:10:25,040 --> 01:10:27,725 of helping others and a lot of good rhetoric. 1232 01:10:27,880 --> 01:10:31,089 "Bring us your struggling masses yearning to be free." 1233 01:10:31,240 --> 01:10:34,210 This is the land of opportunity, and we care about one another. 1234 01:10:34,360 --> 01:10:36,249 And we do in many ways. 1235 01:10:36,400 --> 01:10:40,007 But our care is always predicated on the fact 1236 01:10:40,160 --> 01:10:41,889 that we're worried that somebody else 1237 01:10:42,040 --> 01:10:44,850 is getting something for free or something they don't deserve. 1238 01:10:46,600 --> 01:10:50,446 In our country, we put a lot of emphasis on self-reliance, 1239 01:10:50,640 --> 01:10:54,042 on everybody fending for themselves, liberty. 1240 01:10:54,200 --> 01:10:56,885 And those are all great strengths. 1241 01:10:57,040 --> 01:11:00,283 But as a nation, it has not been our strength 1242 01:11:00,480 --> 01:11:03,131 to do what we can to reduce poverty. 1243 01:11:04,080 --> 01:11:06,162 "Corduroy is a bear who once lived" 1244 01:11:06,360 --> 01:11:09,523 "in the toy department of a big store." 1245 01:11:09,680 --> 01:11:11,728 I feel like America has this huge stigma 1246 01:11:11,880 --> 01:11:16,841 of how families are supposed to eat together at a table. 1247 01:11:17,040 --> 01:11:20,089 But they don't talk about what it takes to get you there. 1248 01:11:21,400 --> 01:11:24,882 Or what's there when you're actually at the table. 1249 01:11:25,880 --> 01:11:28,201 Bring that bucket. 1250 01:11:31,080 --> 01:11:34,084 There's probably 600, 700 chefs here, 1251 01:11:34,240 --> 01:11:36,129 all really committed to helping this problem that we have 1252 01:11:36,280 --> 01:11:37,480 with child obesity and hunger. 1253 01:11:37,520 --> 01:11:39,568 - Here, grab the leaves... - Okay. 1254 01:11:39,720 --> 01:11:41,245 And break them in pieces like this. 1255 01:11:41,440 --> 01:11:43,568 - We're gonna toss on the spinach. - Oh, look at that. 1256 01:11:43,720 --> 01:11:44,846 We're working to make sure 1257 01:11:45,000 --> 01:11:46,445 that families and communities 1258 01:11:46,600 --> 01:11:51,401 across this country have access to quality affordable food. 1259 01:11:55,960 --> 01:11:58,486 It's so good. 1260 01:11:58,640 --> 01:12:00,449 If they get a first taste of broccoli and green beans 1261 01:12:00,600 --> 01:12:03,331 and peas and things like that, it'll stick with them for life. 1262 01:12:03,480 --> 01:12:05,608 Mmm, mmm, mmm. 1263 01:12:07,280 --> 01:12:10,329 There's a lot of education that needs to sort of happen again 1264 01:12:10,480 --> 01:12:12,289 around food, and around what is healthy. 1265 01:12:12,440 --> 01:12:16,286 And there has gotta be a way where healthy food... 1266 01:12:16,440 --> 01:12:19,364 fruits and vegetables... are made accessible 1267 01:12:19,560 --> 01:12:22,166 and less expensive than they are now. 1268 01:12:23,960 --> 01:12:25,928 We're spending $20 billion a year 1269 01:12:26,080 --> 01:12:28,765 on agricultural subsidies for the wrong foods. 1270 01:12:28,920 --> 01:12:31,764 $20 billion would go a very long way 1271 01:12:31,920 --> 01:12:35,606 to promoting a healthy, educated population, 1272 01:12:35,760 --> 01:12:37,091 starting with kids. 1273 01:12:37,240 --> 01:12:39,925 Now, close the book. Put the book away. 1274 01:12:42,280 --> 01:12:43,566 Thank you. All right. 1275 01:12:43,720 --> 01:12:45,245 I want you to feel this so you can see 1276 01:12:45,400 --> 01:12:48,324 the texture of the outside of the honeydew melon. 1277 01:12:48,480 --> 01:12:50,050 Uh, try not to drop it. 1278 01:12:50,960 --> 01:12:53,850 Look at the color. You kinda feel the weight. 1279 01:12:54,000 --> 01:12:55,331 What is this called? 1280 01:12:55,480 --> 01:12:56,891 Honeydew melon. 1281 01:12:57,040 --> 01:12:59,042 Honeydew melon. 1282 01:12:59,200 --> 01:13:02,807 We are now... We are pushing, if you go to the store, 1283 01:13:02,960 --> 01:13:04,689 and Mom asks you, "What you want?" 1284 01:13:04,840 --> 01:13:08,367 Don't say chips. Say, "I want fruit." 1285 01:13:08,520 --> 01:13:12,002 And so we're looking for inexpensive healthy foods. 1286 01:13:13,040 --> 01:13:15,964 So that's what we're working on now in the classroom. 1287 01:13:16,160 --> 01:13:18,447 And we're looking for alternatives. 1288 01:13:18,600 --> 01:13:20,364 Is it rough or is it smooth? 1289 01:13:20,520 --> 01:13:22,010 - It's smooth. - It's smooth. 1290 01:13:22,160 --> 01:13:26,165 I brought it so that when they see it in the store, they can relate. 1291 01:13:26,320 --> 01:13:28,561 "That's a honeydew not sliced already." 1292 01:13:28,720 --> 01:13:31,610 Everybody ready? 1293 01:13:31,800 --> 01:13:35,691 Get set... and taste. 1294 01:13:38,880 --> 01:13:41,611 What adjectives would you use to describe the honeydew melon? 1295 01:13:41,760 --> 01:13:44,047 Good. Juicy. Everything. 1296 01:13:45,640 --> 01:13:46,687 Would you buy one? 1297 01:13:46,840 --> 01:13:50,367 How many of you would buy, or would like to buy a honeydew melon? 1298 01:13:51,440 --> 01:13:52,726 I'd buy two of 'em. 1299 01:13:52,880 --> 01:13:54,320 You would buy two. You love 'em, huh? 1300 01:13:54,400 --> 01:13:56,767 But now, what about how you like 'em 1301 01:13:56,920 --> 01:13:58,206 compared to chips? 1302 01:13:58,360 --> 01:13:59,805 Which one do you like better? 1303 01:14:01,440 --> 01:14:04,011 Honeydew! Honeydew! Honeydew! Honeydew, baby! 1304 01:14:04,160 --> 01:14:05,286 Let's take a vote. 1305 01:14:05,520 --> 01:14:06,841 How many people love the honeydew, 1306 01:14:06,920 --> 01:14:09,730 would prefer the honeydew over the chips? 1307 01:14:09,920 --> 01:14:11,809 If you said... 1308 01:14:11,960 --> 01:14:14,566 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 7, 3, 1309 01:14:14,760 --> 01:14:17,843 9, 10, 11, 12. Ooh, we're way over 50%. 1310 01:14:18,000 --> 01:14:21,209 I love it. I love it. Mm-hmm. 1311 01:14:31,960 --> 01:14:34,930 I think I go out of my way to try to take that burden 1312 01:14:35,080 --> 01:14:38,687 and that worry away from kids because I was there. 1313 01:14:38,840 --> 01:14:41,286 And teaching, it kind of puts you in that natural place 1314 01:14:41,440 --> 01:14:43,641 to say, you know, yes, obviously I can make a difference 1315 01:14:43,720 --> 01:14:45,165 in the education of a child, 1316 01:14:45,320 --> 01:14:46,970 but I think it's so much more than that. 1317 01:14:48,360 --> 01:14:52,160 It's that personal connection that goes beyond that. 1318 01:14:52,320 --> 01:14:56,325 Last year you missed... 1319 01:14:57,240 --> 01:15:00,210 twenty days of school. 1320 01:15:00,360 --> 01:15:03,842 This year you've missed seven days. 1321 01:15:04,000 --> 01:15:06,321 And five were when you had pink eye 1322 01:15:06,520 --> 01:15:08,010 and you couldn't be at school. 1323 01:15:08,160 --> 01:15:09,491 And I know you wanted to be at school. 1324 01:15:09,640 --> 01:15:10,801 - Yeah, I did. - Remember when I stopped by 1325 01:15:10,960 --> 01:15:12,007 your house and we talked about that? 1326 01:15:12,160 --> 01:15:15,050 - Yeah. - So do you think being... 1327 01:15:15,200 --> 01:15:18,921 My dream is to be an honor roll student. 1328 01:15:24,280 --> 01:15:26,521 My other dream is, um... 1329 01:15:26,680 --> 01:15:29,843 Have you heard of the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition? 1330 01:15:30,040 --> 01:15:32,327 I always have a dream every night 1331 01:15:32,480 --> 01:15:34,482 that they would come tear down our house, 1332 01:15:34,640 --> 01:15:36,324 let us go for a vacation. 1333 01:15:36,480 --> 01:15:38,448 I just wish they would come 1334 01:15:38,600 --> 01:15:40,682 and actually rescue us from our house. 1335 01:15:42,480 --> 01:15:44,847 But we don't have a story like they do. 1336 01:15:55,680 --> 01:15:58,524 I want my kids to have a better life than I do. 1337 01:15:59,840 --> 01:16:02,491 Have more food, have a bigger house, no mold. 1338 01:16:02,640 --> 01:16:05,405 And they get to do what they want to do 1339 01:16:05,640 --> 01:16:07,563 and what they need to do. 1340 01:16:08,840 --> 01:16:10,649 And never be hungry. 1341 01:16:15,400 --> 01:16:17,050 Like, you take 'em one at a time. 1342 01:16:17,200 --> 01:16:21,524 We know we can't help everyone, but we can help one or two. 1343 01:16:23,280 --> 01:16:25,886 So you take those and look at 'em, and go, "Wow." 1344 01:16:26,040 --> 01:16:28,008 "In that life, we made a difference." 1345 01:16:37,120 --> 01:16:39,088 It's about patriotism, really. 1346 01:16:39,280 --> 01:16:41,123 Yeah, that's what it is, you know? 1347 01:16:42,200 --> 01:16:44,646 Stand up for your country, you know? 1348 01:16:44,800 --> 01:16:46,643 How do you envision your country, you know? 1349 01:16:46,800 --> 01:16:49,610 Do you envision it... a country where one in four 1350 01:16:49,760 --> 01:16:51,603 of the kids are hungry? 1351 01:16:52,480 --> 01:16:56,007 What I'm hoping is that maybe an increase in the problem 1352 01:16:56,160 --> 01:16:57,605 is part of the solution. 1353 01:16:57,760 --> 01:17:01,162 That that's gonna finally wake people up to how... 1354 01:17:01,320 --> 01:17:04,005 You know, what dire straits we're in here with this. 1355 01:17:06,320 --> 01:17:07,720 Do we just continue to give 1356 01:17:07,840 --> 01:17:09,480 more cans of food through the food drives? 1357 01:17:09,600 --> 01:17:11,682 That's not the answer. 1358 01:17:11,840 --> 01:17:15,447 The answer is widespread governmental programs 1359 01:17:15,600 --> 01:17:17,841 that are focused on the human being. 1360 01:17:19,960 --> 01:17:22,566 I think Americans, basically, want to do the right thing. 1361 01:17:22,720 --> 01:17:25,883 There's a lot of issues that we could all struggle with 1362 01:17:26,040 --> 01:17:27,201 for a long time we wouldn't know how to solve. 1363 01:17:27,360 --> 01:17:28,885 I don't know how to solve the climate change problem, 1364 01:17:29,080 --> 01:17:30,570 you know, by myself. 1365 01:17:30,720 --> 01:17:32,449 I don't know how to come up with a vaccine for AIDS. 1366 01:17:32,600 --> 01:17:34,364 I don't know how to, you know, end terrorism. 1367 01:17:34,520 --> 01:17:37,444 But when it comes to hunger in this country, 1368 01:17:37,600 --> 01:17:40,604 we know the solutions because we've proven it in the past. 1369 01:17:42,040 --> 01:17:43,644 We all have a stake in this, 1370 01:17:43,840 --> 01:17:48,448 and we really need to reclaim agricultural policy 1371 01:17:48,640 --> 01:17:50,847 as a policy on behalf of us all. 1372 01:17:54,400 --> 01:17:58,291 We're wasting billions of dollars by not spending less to fix hunger. 1373 01:18:00,080 --> 01:18:01,525 We all understand that the government 1374 01:18:01,680 --> 01:18:03,125 will do the right thing only after 1375 01:18:03,320 --> 01:18:05,129 every other possibility has been exhausted. 1376 01:18:05,320 --> 01:18:07,527 We need to bring government to the right thing much more quickly. 1377 01:18:07,680 --> 01:18:08,920 But the only way to do that 1378 01:18:09,120 --> 01:18:10,929 is not by, you know, saying, "Well, you know", 1379 01:18:11,120 --> 01:18:13,851 "government will take care of it," but by making government care. 1380 01:18:14,040 --> 01:18:15,530 We need to make this an issue where 1381 01:18:15,680 --> 01:18:17,842 if you're not with us on ending hunger, 1382 01:18:18,040 --> 01:18:19,881 then we're not gonna be with you on reelection. 1383 01:18:20,680 --> 01:18:22,560 I mean, if making sure people have enough to eat 1384 01:18:22,640 --> 01:18:25,246 is not an important issue, then I don't know what the hell is. 1385 01:18:29,680 --> 01:18:31,205 "'You are where you come from.' 1386 01:18:31,360 --> 01:18:35,001 "it is a quote that is said very often. 1387 01:18:35,160 --> 01:18:36,685 "If your mother was a single mother, 1388 01:18:36,840 --> 01:18:38,410 "you will be a single mother. 1389 01:18:38,560 --> 01:18:42,360 "If no one in your family was a high school graduate, 1390 01:18:42,520 --> 01:18:45,808 "you will be the next one to follow in those footsteps. 1391 01:18:45,960 --> 01:18:48,884 "Have you ever been surrounded by the people you love, 1392 01:18:49,040 --> 01:18:52,123 "like your children, but feel completely alone?" 1393 01:18:53,840 --> 01:18:56,571 "Have you ever been in a home with open doors, 1394 01:18:56,720 --> 01:18:58,722 "but feel trapped? 1395 01:18:59,760 --> 01:19:01,250 "Have you ever been in a neighborhood 1396 01:19:01,400 --> 01:19:04,370 "with constant yelling, screaming, gunshots, 1397 01:19:04,520 --> 01:19:06,966 "and fighting, but are so accustomed to it 1398 01:19:07,120 --> 01:19:08,724 "that it puts you to sleep?" 1399 01:19:10,920 --> 01:19:12,640 "I know what it's like to have your children 1400 01:19:12,720 --> 01:19:14,563 "look at you in your eyes and tell you they're hungry, 1401 01:19:14,720 --> 01:19:16,848 "and you have to try to force them to go to sleep 1402 01:19:17,000 --> 01:19:19,048 "as if they did something wrong." 1403 01:19:21,240 --> 01:19:23,561 "Take time and learn a little from each of us, 1404 01:19:23,720 --> 01:19:26,166 "because you never know where tomorrow can take you. 1405 01:19:27,360 --> 01:19:30,284 "Remember us... remember people like us 1406 01:19:30,440 --> 01:19:32,568 "that are here in the United States 1407 01:19:32,720 --> 01:19:34,961 "that need help, that are not receiving it adequately. 1408 01:19:35,160 --> 01:19:39,563 "If we switched lives for a week, could you handle the stress? 1409 01:19:40,920 --> 01:19:43,241 "If we switched salaries for a month, 1410 01:19:43,400 --> 01:19:46,404 "would you be able to live and still keep your pride? 1411 01:19:47,760 --> 01:19:51,560 "Are you aware of my hope and my determination? 1412 01:19:51,760 --> 01:19:54,730 "Are you aware of my dreams and my struggle? 1413 01:19:56,040 --> 01:19:59,601 "Are you aware of my ambition and motivation? 1414 01:19:59,760 --> 01:20:02,491 "Are you aware that I exist?" 1415 01:20:02,640 --> 01:20:06,167 "My name is Barbara lzquierdo, and I do exist." 1416 01:20:44,600 --> 01:20:47,410 ♪ Look out, Ma, look out, Pa ♪ 1417 01:20:47,560 --> 01:20:50,131 ♪ Look at that horizon ♪ 1418 01:20:50,320 --> 01:20:52,800 ♪ Something's out there kicking up dust ♪ 1419 01:20:52,960 --> 01:20:56,851 ♪ The storm is coming fast ♪ 1420 01:20:57,000 --> 01:20:59,651 ♪ Look out, sister, look out, brother ♪ 1421 01:20:59,800 --> 01:21:02,280 ♪ The river's gonna be rising ♪ 1422 01:21:02,440 --> 01:21:05,011 ♪ Something we've been waiting for ♪ 1423 01:21:05,160 --> 01:21:08,050 ♪ Oh, it's here at last ♪ 1424 01:21:08,200 --> 01:21:13,240 ♪ It's been a long ♪ 1425 01:21:13,400 --> 01:21:16,529 ♪ Long time coming ♪ 1426 01:21:19,280 --> 01:21:23,729 ♪ It's been a long ♪ 1427 01:21:23,880 --> 01:21:27,123 ♪ Long time gone ♪ 1428 01:21:30,760 --> 01:21:33,491 ♪ Let's all sing, let's all dance ♪ 1429 01:21:33,640 --> 01:21:36,291 ♪ Stomp our feet in that red clay ♪ 1430 01:21:36,440 --> 01:21:38,920 ♪ Come on out of those old brown fields ♪ 1431 01:21:39,120 --> 01:21:44,684 ♪ Watch 'em turn to gold ♪ 1432 01:21:44,840 --> 01:21:50,051 ♪ It's been a long ♪ 1433 01:21:50,200 --> 01:21:53,249 ♪ Long time coming ♪ 1434 01:21:56,040 --> 01:22:00,728 ♪ It's been a long ♪ 1435 01:22:00,880 --> 01:22:03,850 ♪ Long time gone ♪ 1436 01:22:05,440 --> 01:22:11,686 ♪ Ooh, it's been a long ♪ 1437 01:22:11,840 --> 01:22:15,083 ♪ Long time coming ♪ 1438 01:22:18,000 --> 01:22:22,801 ♪ It's been a long ♪ 1439 01:22:22,960 --> 01:22:25,964 ♪ Long time gone ♪