Number of food insecure Americans soars 40 percent in two years

Some 47.4 million Americans — roughly one of every seven — were food insecure during 2023, meaning they were unable at times to acquire enough food, said the Agriculture Department on Wednesday. It was a 40-percent increase in two years, and while the report did not suggest factors behind the rise, it coincided with the… » Read More

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