Showing posts with label Hunger. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hunger. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Food Insecurity Stays High As Republicans Demagogue Food Stamps

Food Insecurity Stays High As Republicans Demagogue Food Stamps: According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 14.9 percent of American households were “food insecure” last year, meaning they had trouble at some point during the year providing enough food for all of the household’s members. 6.8 million households, meanwhile, had very low food security: – In 2011, 85.1 percent of U.S. households were food [...]/p

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Millions Go Hungry as Congress Considers Food Stamp Cuts and Drought Threatens Crops

Millions Go Hungry as Congress Considers Food Stamp Cuts and Drought Threatens Crops
"Nearly one in five Americans could not afford the food they or their families needed at some point in the past year, and now anti-poverty advocates are pressing Congress to abandon proposed food stamp cuts as a historic drought threatens to drive up food prices across the country."