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2022 United States Hunger Facts and Statistics
Why is ‘food security’ the term we use instead of hunger in the U.S.? What do the latest statistics reveal about the challenges families face in securing their next meal? Discover why over 17 million households are food insecure and explore the root causes in our latest fact sheet.
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Hunger Quiz: Food Insecurity in the United States 2022
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United States Hunger in the News
Read the latest news and analysis about U.S. food insecurity below.
José Andrés: We Have a Food Crisis Unfolding Out of Sight
Chef and World Central Kitchen founder José Andrés writes that the US should mobilize restaurant workers to help ensure everyone is fed during the coronavirus crisis....
Joe Burrow’s Heisman speech is a call to action on food insecurity
Dr. Harold Paz, CEO of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and executive vice president and chancellor for Health Affairs at Ohio State University, writes about food insecurity in Ohio....
The Ripple Effects of Taking SNAP Benefits From One Person
Revoking the SNAP benefits from "able-bodied adults without dependents" affects a wider circle of people...
Trump Administration Tightens Work Requirements for SNAP
The Trump administration has finalized a new rule tightening work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that could cut hundreds of thousands of people from receiving food assistance....
Trump administration proposals could cause millions to lose food stamps
Three proposed rule changes by the Trump administration could cause millions of poor people to lose access to food stamps and decrease the size of the benefit for millions more, a new study has found....
Food Rescue app saves 235,000 pounds in first year for Hunger Network of Greater Cleveland
The Hunger Network of Greater Cleveland’s Food Rescue app rescued 235,000 pounds of food (worth $587,500) from 42 food donors, and delivered it to 73 nonprofit agencies in Cuyahoga County helping the region’s hungry....
Farm Country Feeds America. But Just Try Buying Groceries There
An exodus of grocery stores is turning rural towns into food deserts. But some are fighting back by opening their own local markets....
WHES Loses a Key Board Member
LINDA CRANDALL WORTHINGTON 1932-2019 Linda Crandall Worthington, 87, of Chevy Chase, MD, passed away on Sunday, October 20, 2019. Over her lifetime, Linda was involved with a number of organization ...
Detroit Entrepreneurs Fight Food Insecurity With Lessons Of The Past
A 1968 survey found that poor inner-city Detroiters struggled to access fresh, reasonably priced food. Those battles persist today. So in one underdeveloped neighborhood, Raphael Wright and Sonya Greene are opening a bodega th...
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