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Thursday, December 02, 2021
More children experienced food insecurity in 2020 than in 2019, the Agriculture Department said in its annual report on household food security in the U.S. But nationwide, the overall rate remained steady despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rep. James McGovern, D-Mass., and Barbara Petee with Root Cause Coalition, discuss the need for a White House hunger conference and legislative action to combat food insecurity.
A new study from the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service shows many recipients of federal nutrition benefits still encounter issues in their efforts to eat a healthy diet.
As the economic impacts of COVID-19 spread, communities around the world are facing yet another invisible and immediate challenge: hunger. The pandemic is set to push an estimated 265 million people worldwide to the brink of starvation by the end of the year. Denise Cheung and Dilip Wagle take a look at how these global challenges are affecting a local community in the United States.
Michele Lowe, U.S. Navy Federal Executive Fellow, explains the connection between the U.S. and food insecurity in Africa and what is at stake for Cameroon’s neighbors and why Americans should care.
Food insecurity in the United States dropped again in 2019 ahead of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has cost millions of Americans their jobs and continues to send many into food lines, the Agriculture Department reported Wednesday.
