Helping End
HIDDEN
HUNGER
Clancy
Imagine not knowing whether you’ll be able to provide enough nourishing food for your family. This type of insecurity is called food stress—and it’s a very real problem.
Food insecurity rears its head in more than one in every eight American households. And roughly 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, putting them under significant food stress.
The worst part? Many suffer in silence, burdened by stigma and shame, or blocked by a system that doesn’t see them as individuals who deserve dignity. And when they don’t speak up, their hunger stays hidden.
I’ve made it my mission to drag hidden hunger into the open. Together, we can create food equity for all.
Will you help me spread the word?
Why it matters
What is Hidden Hunger?
According to the World Health Organization, hidden hunger occurs when people don’t have access to a wide variety of nutrients for a healthy life. The work I do builds on this definition to expose the social reasons behind this public health crisis.
Hidden hunger exists for three reasons:
- Many people don’t understand the definition of hunger. So they think too narrowly about it, relying on stereotypes or biases like “It only happens to poor people” or “Hunger is a third-world problem.” Translation: they miss the hunger in the room—the food stress that people they know or work with are silently experiencing.
- Those experiencing hunger keep it hidden because of the shame and stigma associated with asking for help. Worse, they’re never considered the experts in their own lives, so they eventually stop advocating for what they know they need.
- Hunger impacts every industry and every walk of life—but it’s usually considered an issue for charitable organizations to solve. It remains “unseen” by the private sector—the very companies that could do the most to solve it.
Making the problem worse, our American food system often creates food inequity, where not everyone has the same access to healthy food. Barriers to access, biases, and other issues often lurk out of sight—and don’t always enter the conversation around food justice.
To stamp out food stress and conquer problems around food inequity, we need to shine a spotlight on hidden hunger.
“Clancy Harrison is thought-provoking, inspiring, and engaging!”
Solving hidden hunger means boldly speaking to draw attention to the issue, working with brands to meet the problem head-on, and increasing access to nourishing food for everyone. This approach creates the opposite of food insecurity—Food Dignity®.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
AND WORKSHOP LEADER
My audiences learn how to approach nutrition challenges, improve access to healthy food for everyone, and develop and implement food dignity plans.
BRAND AMBASSADOR
AND SPOKESPERSON
I’ve worked to improve food equity for more than 20 years, helping corporations, non-profits, and universities decrease food insecurity across the country. Food equity requires that we call out systems that don't work and challenge our own biases and misconceptions.
STRATEGIC
CONSULTANT
I provide easy, actionable steps in comprehensive strategic plans. I help my clients improve their outcomes by prioritizing their clients’ access to nutrient-rich foods.
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Learn More About Working With Me
These Organizations Hire Clancy to Fight Food Stress, Expose Hidden Hunger, Confront Food Inequity, and Spread Food Dignity. Will You?
These Organizations Hire Clancy to Fight Food Stress, Expose Hidden Hunger, Confront Food Inequity, and Spread Food Dignity. Will You?
What's New?
For thoughtful articles and interesting conversations on the fight against hidden hunger, read my blog or listen to The Food Dignity® Podcast.
The Food Dignity® Blog
Thought-provoking articles on food insecurity and the state of hunger in America.
The Food Dignity® Podcast
Revealing conversations with hunger experts and frontline fighters around the country.
The Food Dignity® Movement solves hidden hunger with non-profit leaders, health care professionals, professors, and employers.
Together, we improve access to a steady supply of healthy, nutrient-rich food for people where they live and work. Our approach embraces food equity by engaging multiple food access points, community partners, and attainable resources.