11-30-09: Fighting Hunger in Maryland
November 29, 2009 at 4:18 pm 1 comment
According to a new U.S. Department of Agriculture report, the recession is taking a toll on the most basic of human needs: food. About 16 percent of all Americans – that’s 49 million people – lived in “food insecure” households in 2008, up from 12.4 percent in 2007. Sheilah takes a look at hunger on the ground in Maryland with Deborah Flateman, CEO of the Maryland Food Bank.
Reporter Erin Sullivan’s City Paper article on strained social services
New York Times: One in eight Americans — and one in four children — on food stamps
Entry filed under: Health, On Air, Policy, Safety Net. Tags: food stamps, hunger, research, SNAP, soup kitchens.
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