Food as a utility: Ensuring food security for all From: Consumer Policy Review | Date: September 1, 1998| Author: Dowler, Elizabeth | Copyright Association for Consumers Research Sep/Oct 1998. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Food is necessary for health yet there is increasing evidence that those who are on low wages or benefits for long periods cannot afford to purchase basic, appropriate food. Food has therefore become a marker of social exclusion. Food security is a complex issue that requires a flexible approach by central and local government, local groups and the private sector as well as the food insecure themselves. Innovative partnerships are needed to ensure right of access.

In November 1996 the...

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