Report: Food Insecurity Is Up
— From a new U.S. Department of Agriculture report, Household Food Security in the United States, 2008.
“As the recession hit, the number of Americans in households struggling against hunger skyrocketed to one in six last year, and it’s likely that the number is even higher today. Millions have lost jobs or seen their wages reduced over the past two years. While many more people are turning to the federal nutrition programs for help, those programs don’t reach enough people and their benefits often aren’t enough to stop hunger.”
— Statement by Jim Weill of the Food Research and Action Center.