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Title: 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
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