Gundersen, who serves as the Jim and Tammy Snee Family Chair in Food Security, has developed metrics used by food banks nationwide, and provided research yielding greater understanding of the SNAP program’s impact.
In this Baylor Connections, he examines approaches to the fight against food insecurity and shares the path that brought him to Baylor.
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