USDA Study affirms America's Second Harvest’s reports of increased demand for emergency food assistance
(Chicago, March 14, 2002) More than 33 million people in the United States – including nearly 13 million children – lived in households deemed “food insecure,” or hungry or at risk of hunger in 2000, according to a just released report from the United States Department Agriculture (USDA).
“According to this report, there were as many people at risk of hunger as live in the State of California,” said Robert Forney, president and CEO of America’s Second. Harvest.
In a similar report issued in September 2000, the number people who were food insecure was near 31 million. The USDA report, Household Food Security in the United States, 2000, estimates that slightly more than 12 percent of the U.S. population lives in food insecure households with varying degrees of hunger risk.
The USDA report shows that food insecurity and hunger increased by two million over last year and the prevalence of food insecurity and hunger is unprecedented during a period of historic economic growth and low unemployment.
(Chicago, March 14, 2002) More than 33 million people in the United States – including nearly 13 million children – lived in households deemed “food insecure,” or hungry or at risk of hunger in 2000, according to a just released report from the United States Department Agriculture (USDA).
“According to this report, there were as many people at risk of hunger as live in the State of California,” said Robert Forney, president and CEO of America’s Second. Harvest.
In a similar report issued in September 2000, the number people who were food insecure was near 31 million. The USDA report, Household Food Security in the United States, 2000, estimates that slightly more than 12 percent of the U.S. population lives in food insecure households with varying degrees of hunger risk.
The USDA report shows that food insecurity and hunger increased by two million over last year and the prevalence of food insecurity and hunger is unprecedented during a period of historic economic growth and low unemployment.