food secure

or food-se·cure

[ food si-kyoor ]

adjective

1. having or characterized by ready access to safe and nutritionally adequate food:

   In addition to eating more meals and becoming more food secure, families there are also improving their housing conditions.

   A more sustainable and food-secure future needs to be built by all of us.

Word History and Origins

Origin of food secure¹

First recorded in 1980–85