{"id":104,"date":"2021-04-17T13:37:35","date_gmt":"2021-04-17T17:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-explorations.pantheonsite.io\/?p=104"},"modified":"2021-07-19T15:19:48","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T19:19:48","slug":"sebs-and-njaes-lead-the-charge-in-addressing-food-insecurity-on-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev-explorations.pantheonsite.io\/sebs-and-njaes-lead-the-charge-in-addressing-food-insecurity-on-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting Basic Food Needs on Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"
Food insecurity is a problem for approximately one-third of Rutgers University\u2013New Brunswick students. Cara Cuite, assistant extension specialist in the Department of Human Ecology, has led two basic needs insecurity surveys among students on the Rutgers\u2013New Brunswick campus, one in 2016 and more recently one in 2019. \u201cThe 2019 survey was conducted to better understand the prevalence of food insecurity, housing insecurity, and homelessness among Rutgers\u2013New Brunswick students,\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n
Though fewer Rutgers students reported being food insecure in 2019 than in 2016, the data does not necessarily indicate that the rate has decreased significantly, Cuite says. \u201cThis is because we used different recruiting strategies and slightly different measurement tools as a result of changes in best practices in studying this issue,” she explains. “However, there is evidence that food insecurity is being better addressed at Rutgers\u2013New Brunswick from an institutional perspective.\u201d<\/p>\n