Food insecurity is all too common among older adults age 65+ in the U.S. and is highest in rural places. One in five food insecure households includes an older adult. In this session, we will examine recent findings from surveys, focus groups, and diet modeling in rural Indiana communities and discuss the impacts of the pandemic on food provisioning routines of older Americans in Orange, Greene, Lawrence, and Crawford counties.

Presenters: Angela Babb, Mecca Burris, Dan Knudsen, and Phil Stafford, IU Sustainable Food Systems Science