More Americans facing food problems, report finds
ABC News
11/16/09
A new study finds the number of Americans lacking enough food to eat last year jumped to a higher level than at any point since the federal government began tracking the problem. The Agriculture Department’s annual ‘food security’ report finds 49 million people — nearly 15 percent of U.S. households — faced trouble getting enough food at some point during 2008. That’s a spike of four million more households than the previous year. About a third of those families — including one million children — had so little food that they were forced to cut back on meals...
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11/16/09
A new study finds the number of Americans lacking enough food to eat last year jumped to a higher level than at any point since the federal government began tracking the problem. The Agriculture Department’s annual ‘food security’ report finds 49 million people — nearly 15 percent of U.S. households — faced trouble getting enough food at some point during 2008. That’s a spike of four million more households than the previous year. About a third of those families — including one million children — had so little food that they were forced to cut back on meals...
https://tinyurl.com/y9qmncf
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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