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Title: 'Hunger Like They've Never Seen It Before': US Food Banks Struggle as 1 in 6 Families With Children Don't Have Enough to Eat
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URL Source: https://www.commondreams.org/news/2 ... -6-families-children-dont-have
Published: Nov 30, 2020
Author: Marieke Rodenstein
Post Date: 2020-11-30 09:09:11 by Horse
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One in six U.S. families with children don't have enough to eat this holiday season, a national emergency exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic and the unemployment crisis it has generated. Over the past several days, remarkable reporting in the Washington Post and National Geographic, among other outlets, has explored this alarming trend.

According to Feeding America, the largest hunger relief organization in the U.S., more than 50 million people will experience food insecurity by the end of the year. Among U.S. children, the figure rises to one in four. The group, which runs a network of some 200 food banks across the nation, says it distributed over half a billion meals last month alone, a 52% increase from an average pre-pandemic month.

The latest U.S. Census Bureau pandemic survey, published earlier this month, found that fewer than half of U.S. households with children were "very confident" they could afford to provide enough food for their families in the next month.

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#1. To: Horse (#0)

They may not have the best of food; but; as fat as they are, they are not going hungry.

DWornock  posted on  2020-11-30   10:46:28 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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