After record-low rate in 2019, hunger more than doubles in pandemic

The U.S. Department of Agriculture released its annual report on household food security on Wednesday, offering a key baseline for understanding the pandemic’s impact on hunger across the United States. Nearly 4 percent of U.S. households sometimes or often did not have enough to eat in 2019, including 5 million children, according to the report.… » Read More

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