More US households short of food

[dipsydoodle]

Almost 15% of US households experienced a food shortage at some point in 2009, a government report has found.

US authorities say that figure is the highest they have seen since they began collecting data in the 1990s, and a slight increase over 2008 levels.

Single mothers are among the hardest hit: About 3.5 million said they were at times unable to put sufficient food on the table.

Hispanics and African Americans also suffer disproportionately.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11761970

[Catherina]

1. Shameful. Rec'd n/t

[BlueIris]

2. Agreed; also rec'd. nt

[xchrom]

3. recommend

[LWolf]

4. This is true in the community I teach in.

WE have a FAN coordinator who hooks families up with local food banks, and a local family who runs food drives through the winter. They both tell me that there are more families requesting help with food so far this fall than they have EVER seen before. :(