Food insecurity rates continue to fall, USDA report finds

National food insecurity continued to decline in 2017, according to a new report from the Department of Agriculture, and now affects 11.8 percent of U.S. households, down from 12.3 percent in 2016. The percentage of households experiencing very low food security also declined in 2017. Although food insecurity has not yet returned to pre-recession levels,… » Read More

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