U.S. food insecurity rate stable, which means millions still go hungry

An estimated 12.3 percent of U.S. households were food insecure in 2016, essentially unchanged from 12.7 percent in 2015, the USDA Economic Research Service said. But the figures still mean that more than 41 million Americans, or 15.6 million households, don’t get enough food. The USDA said the rate was down from a high of 14.9 percent… » Read More

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