In this visual, I tried to piece together the different components of the food security system, and to connect them to each other and bring in different relationships between them. There are dour main parts of this system: Producers (those who make the food), Manufacturers (those who sell the food), Consumers (those who eat the food), and Corporations (those who own the food and get the most profit.) Although the producers work tirelessly to get the food in the condition its in, they often don’t get nearly as much money as they should for their product Their share is very small, a fraction of a fraction compared to what corporations get. As an example, take the coffee farmers in Columbia. Their beans and farms are owned by Starbucks, even though Starbucks is hardly helping them. As a result, the farmers barely get any profit for their incredibly laborious work, while Starbucks, being the huge company, gets nearly all of the profit. We talked about how there’s a gap in which many consumers cannot afford to get food, whether it be because of transportation issues or money issues. Because of this gap, food banks and programs such as SNAP help them in getting food. However, the help stops there for the most part. My group was bringing up an idea in which these programs would be able to help low-income people in the long run get food on their own, without heavy reliance. They could hold workshops on interview etiquette, resume building, etc. that would help these people get jobs and get money of their own. One of the final problems I noted was that unhealthy food is often much cheaper than healthy. Maybe its because the franchises that sell these unhealthy foods can get more profit; its cheaper so much more Americans are buying it. If healthy foods were cheaper, the producers could get more money, the population would be healthier, and medical issues such as obesity and diabetes would be down.