hunger in america, by the numbers

[xchrom]

http://www.nationofchange.org/hunger-america-numbers-1322411569

Last year, 17.2 mil­lion house­holds in the United States were food in­se­cure, the high­est level on record, as the Great Re­ces­sion con­tin­ued to wreak havoc on fam­i­lies across the coun­try. Of those 17.2 mil­lion house­holds, 3.9 mil­lion in­cluded chil­dren. On Thanks­giv­ing Day, here’s a look at hunger in Amer­ica, as mil­lions of Amer­i­cans strug­gle to get enough to eat in the wake of the eco­nomic cri­sis:

17.2 mil­lion: The num­ber of house­holds that were food in­se­cure in 2010, the high­est num­ber on record. They make up 14.5 per­cent of house­holds, or ap­prox­i­mately one in seven.

48.8 mil­lion: Peo­ple who lived in food in­se­cure house­holds last year.

3.9 mil­lion: The num­ber of house­holds with chil­dren that were food in­se­cure last year. In 1 per­cent of house­holds with chil­dren, “one or more of the chil­dren ex­pe­ri­enced the most se­vere food-in­se­cure con­di­tion mea­sured by USDA, very low food se­cu­rity, in which meals were ir­reg­u­lar and food in­take was below lev­els con­sid­ered ad­e­quate by care­givers.”



*** i don't know if we are there yet -- but one of these days this shit is going to bite us in the ass... and hard.

[Vanje]

1. K&R -

[RKP5637]

2. K&R !!! n/t

[cutlassmama]

3. we are there, just the MSM isn't talking about it, but we are there now

[PETRUS]

4. Things need to change. K&R

[midnight]

5. K&R Food insecurity is not an acceptable domestic oversite...

Those millionaires in Congress are not representing all the people only the rich people....

[Beacool]

6. K&R

Terribly sad in a country with so much wealth.

:(

[Quantess]

7. I wonder why they couldn't get food stamps?

I guess some people who should qualify, don't.