Despite the continued strength in the top sectors of the economy in 2006, fully 35.5 million Americans – including 12.6 million children – lived in households that couldn’t afford an adequate supply of food, according to food insecurity data released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Those numbers represent a 390,000-person increase over 2005, although the USDA cautioned that the increase may not be statistically significant. ...read more

"Record Number of Feeding Charities Can’t Keep Up with Soaring Need;
Federal Data Shows 1 in 6 New Yorkers Still Lack Sufficient Food;
Food Insecurity Costs New York City $2.65 Billion per Year;
Only Sign of Hope Is Food Stamp Participation Rising with Need

The number of people who use food pantries and soup kitchens soared in New York City in 2007, while food stocks drastically declined, forcing fully half of these programs to ration food, according to the annual survey of the New York City Coalition Against Hunger ...read more