Welcome To Rural Sociology 1000 Introduction to Rural Sociology

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Welcome To Rural Sociology 1000 Introduction to
Rural Sociology

• Mary Grigsby
• Associate Professor of Rural Sociology
• Division of Applied Social Sciences

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• Topics of Discussion

• Class Business
• Guest Speaker
• John Wampler

• Current Position
• Food Drive/Volunteer Coordinator
• Central Missouri Food Bank

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U.S. Hunger FactsSource Bread for the World
Institute www.bread.org

• 35.1 million peopleincluding 12.4 million
  childrenlive in households that experience
  hunger or the risk of hunger. This represents
  more than one in ten households in the United
  States (11.0 percent).
• 3.9 percent of U.S. households experience hunger.
  Some people in these households frequently skip
  meals or eat too little, sometimes going without
  food for a whole day. 10.8 million people,
  including 606 thousand children, live in these
  homes.

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Indicators of Poverty 2000 Rural VS. Urban