Forty-nine million people -- including one in four children -- go hungry in the U.S. every day, despite our having the means to provide nutritious, affordable food for all. Inspired by the acclaimed documentary <i>A Place at the Table</i>, this companion book offers powerful insights from those at the front lines of solving hunger in America, including:<br><br><b>Jeff Bridges</b>, Academy Award-winning actor, cofounder of the End Hunger Network, and spokesperson for the No Kid Hungry Campaign, on raising awareness about hunger<br><b>Ken Cook</b>, president of Environmental Working Group, unravels the inequities in the Farm Bill and shows how they affect America's hunger crisis<br><b>Marion Nestle</b>, nutritionist and acclaimed critic of the food industry, whose latest work tracks the explosion of calories in today's "Eat More" environment<br><b>Bill Shore, Joel Berg, and Robert Egger</b>, widely-published anti-hunger activists, suggest bold and diverse strategies for solving the crisis<br><b>Janet Poppendieck</b>, sociologist, bestselling author, and well-known historian of poverty and hunger in America, argues the case for school lunch reform<br><b>Jennifer Harris</b>, of Yale University's Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, uncovers the new hidden persuaders of web food advertisers<br><b>David Beckmann</b>, head of Bread for the World, and <b>Sarah Newman</b>, researcher on <i>A Place at the Table</i>, explore the intersection of faith and feeding the hungry<br><b>Mariana Chilton</b>, director of Drexel University's Center for Hunger-Free Communities, discusses the health impacts of hunger and the groundbreaking Witnesses to Hunger project<br><b>Tom Colicchio</b>, chef and executive producer of television's <i>Top Chef</i>, presents his down-to-earth case to Washington for increases in child nutrition programs<br><b>Andy Fisher</b>, veteran activist in community food projects, argues persuasively why we have to move beyond the charity-based emergency feeding program<br><b>Kelly Meyer</b>, cofounder of Teaching Gardens, illuminates the path to educating, and providing healthy food for, all children<br><b>Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush</b>, the film's directors/producers, tell their personal stories of how and why they came to make the documentary<br><br> Hunger and food insecurity pose a deep threat to our nation. <i>A Place at the Table</i> shows they can be solved once and for all, if the American public decides -- as they have in the past -- that making healthy food available, and affordable, is in the best interest of us all. Read Less