**YouTube link: https://youtu.be/UbfS_AJP-Iw** A Place at the Table peels back the curtain on the problem of food insecurity, weaving together the stories of low-income Americans who struggle to put healthy food on the table, despite the fact that they have jobs. The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that about 50 million Americans fall into this category of "food insecure" — meaning they don't always have the resources to buy the food they need. This includes nearly 17 million children in the U.S. The film includes the voices of hunger and nutrition experts, as well as advocates who criticize federal farm subsidies of crops such as wheat and corn. These crops supply the bulk of our nation's processed foods, which tend to be calorie dense, and nutrient poor. "The problem, as Table shows, isn't that the next meal never comes," O'Sullivan writes. It's that when it arrives, too often it is filled with empty calories." Feel free to organize a watch party with others or watch the documentary on your own time. Send a reflection before midnight to the group chat that will be made. What did you learn? What can you apply to your life?